שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ · sheh'-bah
Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H7651 (שֶׁבַע); seven;
Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sheba.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to see and know
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֶׁבַע 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sheba5 · 50%
- or sheba1 · 10%
- was sheba1 · 10%
- now shall sheba1 · 10%
- of sheba1 · 10%
- and sheba1 · 10%
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.