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HebrewH5444Proper Noun (Masculine)

סִבְּכַי

sib.b.khay

4Occurrences
H5444Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sibbecai, an Israelite

from H5440 (סָבַךְ); copse-like;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; also called Mebunnai (NIV: Sibbekai) at ; Also named: me.vun.nay (*מְבֻנַּי *"Mebunnai" H4012) § Sibbecai or Sibbechai = "weaver" one of David's guard and 8th captain for the 8th month of 24,000 men of the king's army; a Judaite, descendant of Zerah and called the 'Hushathite'

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

סִבְּכַי appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
3
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:29BSB

Sibbecai the Hushathite,Ilai the Ahohite,

1 Chronicles 20:4BSB

Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.

1 Chronicles 27:11BSB

The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

2 Samuel 21:18BSB

Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.