Word Study · Strong's H5436 · Hebrew

סְבָאִי

Sebai

seb-aw-ee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Çᵉbâʼîy

“a Sebaite, or inhabitant of Seba”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a Sebaite, or inhabitant of Seba

Rendered in the KJV as

Sabean.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וּסְבָאִים֮1
סָבָאִ֖ים1

How it is rendered · 2

and [the] Sabeans1
Sabeans1

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

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
noun · masculine plural1

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HC/Npl · 1
HNcmpa · 1

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Where this word lives

Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%
Ezekiel1 of 2 · 50%

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 45:14וּסְבָאִים֮usevaimconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.’”here: and [the] Sabeans

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 23:42סָבָאִ֖יםsoaimnoun · masculine pluralaccompanied 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.here: Sabeans

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