Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7614
שְׁבָא
Shebasheb-aw'
Sheba
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Shᵉbâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7614is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7614
Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
The King James renders it: Sheba, Sabeans.
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
Sheba is rendered "Sheba". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:7שְׁבָ֥א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Sheba20
- from Sheba2
- Sabean1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁבִיעִי | shebii | seventh | Uses98 |
| שְׁבִי | shebi | captivity | Uses49 |
| שְׁבוּת | shebuth | captivity | Uses32 |
| שְׁבוּעָה | shebuah | oath | Uses30 |
| שְׁבַח | shebach | to praise | Uses5 |
| שְׁבַק | shebaq | to be left | Uses5 |
| שְׁבוּ | shebu | agate | Uses2 |
| שְׁבַט | shebat | tribe | Uses1 |
| שְׁבָט | Shebat | Shebat | Uses1 |
| שְׁבַשׁ | shebash | be perplexed | Uses1 |
| שְׁבָאִי | Shebai | Sabean | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- שְׁבָ֥א4
- שְׁבָ֗א4
- שְׁבָ֖א3
- מִשְּׁבָ֣א2
- שְׁבָ֔א2
- שְׁבָא֙2
- שְׁבָֽא׃2
- שְׁ֫בָ֥א1
- שְׁ֝בָ֗א1
- שְׁבָ֑א1
- שְׁבָ֡א1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)15HNpl
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
Genesis
three uses
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- שְׁבָ֥אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
- שְׁבָֽא׃sheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- שְׁבָ֖אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
1 Kings
four uses
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
- שְׁבָ֗אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
- שְׁבָ֔אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- שְׁבָ֖אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- שְׁבָ֗אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- שְׁבָ֥אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
- שְׁבָֽא׃sheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- שְׁבָ֥אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
2 Chronicles
four uses
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
- שְׁבָ֗אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
- שְׁבָ֔אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- שְׁבָ֖אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- שְׁבָ֗אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Job
two uses
the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- שְׁבָא֙sheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sabean
The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
- שְׁ֝בָ֗אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Psalms
two uses
May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- שְׁבָ֥אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
- שְׁ֫בָ֥אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Isaiah
one use
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- מִשְּׁבָ֣אmisheva'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Sheba
Jeremiah
one use
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- מִשְּׁבָ֣אmisheva'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Sheba
Ezekiel
three uses
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
- שְׁבָא֙sheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
- שְׁבָ֑אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- שְׁבָ֡אsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.