Shevai שְׁבָאִי
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| שְׁבָאִי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shevai |
| Strong's number | H7615 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a person or people |
| Gloss | Sabean |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Shevai (Hebrew שְׁבָאִי, Strong's H7615) is a name of a person or people in the Old Testament, glossed “Sabean”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
Someone descended from Sheba who was 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 = "drunkard" or "he who is coming"
the people of the nation of Sheba
son of: Raamah (H7484);
brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x
Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614)
§ Sabeans = "drunkard" or "he who is coming"
the people of the nation of Sheba
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sabeans (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sabeans (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shevai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joel
- Joel 3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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).