סָבָא
çâbâʼ · saw-baw'
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the house, what is within › strength, the leader
To support and uphold of the house, what is within of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָבָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a drunkard1 · 17%
- be not among winebibbers1 · 17%
- for the drunkard1 · 17%
- and we will fill1 · 17%
- sabeans1 · 17%
- and while they are drunken1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.