Word Study · Strong's H7652 · Hebrew
שֶׁבַע
sheba
sheh'-bah
Strong's 1890 spelling: shebaʻ
“Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Sheba.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- שֶׁ֥בַע5
- וְשֶׁ֖בַע1
- וְ֠שֶׁבַע1
- שֶׁ֣בַע1
- שֶׁ֧בַע1
- שֶׁ֤בַע1
How it is rendered · 4
- Sheba6
- and Sheba2
- [was] Sheba1
- [who is] Sheba1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)8
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 8
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Npm · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel8 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 20:1שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”here: [was] Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:2שֶׁ֣בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.here: Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:6שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”here: Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:7שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.here: Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:10שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.here: Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:13שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.here: Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:21שֶׁ֧בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”here: [who is] Sheba
- 2 Samuel 20:22שֶׁ֤בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.here: Sheba
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