Hebrew verb · H5433
סָבָא
sabasaw-baw'
to imbibe; be drunk
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâbâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5433is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5433
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
The King James renders it: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saba is rendered "to imbibe; be drunk". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to imbibe".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 21:20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
Deuteronomy 21:20וְסֹבֵֽא׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to imbibe, and be drunk.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to imbibeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDeuteronomy 21:20and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us… |
| be drunkStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a drunkard1
- among drunkards of1
- and a drunkard1
- and let us drink1
- drunkards1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְסֹֽבְאֵי־1
- וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה1
- וְסֹבֵֽא׃1
- סֹבֵ֣א1
- סְבוּאִ֑ים1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HC/Vqc1cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsa
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Vqrmpc
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1HVqsmpa
Deuteronomy
one use
and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
- וְסֹבֵֽא׃vesove'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a drunkard
Proverbs
two uses
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
- בְסֹֽבְאֵי־vesoeei-preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among drunkards of
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
- סֹבֵ֣אsove'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a drunkard
Isaiah
one use
“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
- וְנִסְבְּאָ֣הvenisbeahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and let us drink
Nahum
one use
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
- סְבוּאִ֑יםsevuimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: drunkards
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.