סֹבֶא
çôbeʼ · so'-beh
potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5433 (סָבָא);
potation, concretely (wine), or abstractly (carousal)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: drink, drunken, wine.
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 סֹבֶא 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy wine1 · 33%
- their drink1 · 33%
- as drunkards1 · 33%
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.