שְׁבָא
Shᵉbâʼ · sheb-aw'
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sheba, Sabeans.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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 consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › strength, the leader
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁבָא 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of sheba13 · 57%
- sheba5 · 22%
- and sheba2 · 9%
- and the sabeans1 · 4%
- all they from sheba1 · 4%
- from sheba1 · 4%
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.