סַבְתָּא
Çabtâʼ · sab-taw'
Sabta or Sabtah, the name of a son of Cush, and the country occupied by his posterity
Lexicon
Derivation: or סַבְתָּה; probably of foreign derivation;
Sabta or Sabtah, the name of a son of Cush, and the country occupied by his posterity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sabta, Sabtah.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader
To support and uphold of the house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַבְתָּא 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sabtah1 · 50%
- and sabta1 · 50%
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.