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HebrewH7614Proper Noun (Masculine)

שְׁבָא

she.va

23Occurrences
H7614Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district

of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at ; 3x § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath" 1) son of Joktan and a descendant of ) son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of ) son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah 4) a nation in southern Arabia

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שְׁבָא appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
4
2 Chronicles
4
1 Chronicles
3
Ezk
3
Genesis
3
Job
2
Psalms
2
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:9BSB

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

1 Kings 10:4BSB

When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

2 Chronicles 9:3BSB

When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

Ezk 27:23BSB

Verse text unavailable

Genesis 25:3BSB

Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.

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