Word Study · Strong's G4518 · Greek

σαβαχθάνι

sabachthani

sab-akh-than-ee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: sabachtháni

“thou hast left me”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress

Rendered in the KJV as

sabachthani.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

σαβαχθανι;2

How it is rendered · 1

sabachthani?2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singular2

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V-AAI-2S-ARAM · 2

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Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
Mark1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 27:46σαβαχθανι;sabachthaniverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singularAbout the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”here: sabachthani?

Mark1 occurrence

Mark 15:34σαβαχθανι;sabachthaniverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singularAt the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”here: sabachthani?

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