Sevai סְבָאִים
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| סְבָאִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sevai |
| Strong's number | H5436 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a person or people |
| Gloss | Sabeans |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (1) |
Sevai (Hebrew סְבָאִים, Strong's H5436) is a name of a person or people in the Old Testament, glossed “Sabeans”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7;
son of: Raamah (H7484);
brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x
Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614)
§ Sabeans = "drunkards"
the people of Seba
son of: Raamah (H7484);
brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x
Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614)
§ Sabeans = "drunkards"
the people of Seba
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sabeans (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | along with the sabeans (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sevai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 45:14Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 23:42And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).