Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7652
שֶׁבַע
shebasheh'-bah
Sheba; Sheba; Sheba
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shebaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7652is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7652
Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites
The King James renders it: Sheba.
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; Sheba; Sheba". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in 2 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Sheba".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 19:2Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
Joshua 19:2וְשֶׁ֖בַע
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's ten uses are in 2 Samuel.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: Sheba, and Sheba, and Sheba.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ShebaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJoshua 19:2Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah, |
| ShebaStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ShebaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Sheba8
- and Sheba2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| שֶׁבַע | sheba | seven | Uses394 |
| שֶׁבֶר | sheber | breaking | Uses45 |
| שֶׁבֶר | sheber | grain | Uses9 |
| שֶׁבֶת | shebeth | seat | Uses6 |
| שֶׁבֶת | shebeth | cessation | Uses3 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- שֶׁ֥בַע5
- וְשֶׁ֖בַע1
- וְ֠שֶׁבַע1
- שֶׁ֣בַע1
- שֶׁ֧בַע1
- שֶׁ֤בַע1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)8HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Joshua
one use
Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
- וְשֶׁ֖בַעvesheva'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Sheba
2 Samuel
eight uses
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!”
- שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.
- שֶׁ֣בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.”
- שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.
- שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.
- שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
- שֶׁ֥בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.”
- שֶׁ֧בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
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.
- שֶׁ֤בַעsheva'proper noun (a name)tagged: Sheba
1 Chronicles
one use
Their kinsmen by families were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
- וְ֠שֶׁבַעvesheva'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and 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 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.