Lexical Definition

‎שְׁבָא‎ Shᵉbâʼ (sheb-aw') Sheba ^N:N-M-P
of foreign origin

Sheba, Sabeans.

• § Sheba = "seven" or "an oath"
• Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district

n pr m
1) son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth
2) son of Raamah, grandson of Cush, and a descendant of Ham
3) son of Jokshan, the son of Abraham by Keturah
n pr loc
4) a nation in southern Arabia

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁבָא‎ proper name, of a people and territory Shebâ, in southwest Arabia (Sabean ‎סבא‎ DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 9}, ‎סבא‎ verb = make campaign Mordt^{HI 72} or expedition SabDenkm^{No.12, 1. 5, 14}; compare DSMargoliouth^{Hast DB SHEBA} FB^{Ency.Bib. SHEBA and reff}); — Sheba: ‎׳‎‎מַלְכַּתשֿׁ‎ 1Kgs 10:1; 1Kgs 10:4; 1Kgs 10:10; 1Kgs 10:13.= 2Chr 9:1; 2Chr 9:3; 2Chr 9:9; 2Chr 9:12 ‎׳‎‎מַלְכֵי שׁ‎ Ps 72:10 famous for trade, ‎׳‎‎רֹכְלֵי שׁ‎ Ezek 27:22; Ezek 27:23, ‎׳‎‎הֲלִיכֹת שׁ‎ Job 6:19 (|| ‎תֵּמָא‎); yielding costly wares Ezek 38:13,‎׳‎‎זְהַב שׁ‎ Ps 72:15, ‎׳‎‎לְבוֺנָה מִשּׁ‎ Jer 6:20 (|| ‎מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק‎, compare following), paying homage and tribute to Israel in future Isa 60:6 descended from (Yoktan and) Shem Gen 10:28 (J) = 1Chr 1:22, from (Yokshan and) Abraham and Ketûrâh Gen 25:3 (J ?) = 1Chr 1:32 (i.e. a northern branch of Sheba, + ‎דְּדָן‎, q. v.), but from ‎כּוּשׁ‎ Gen 10:7 (P) = 1Chr 1:9 marauders, North Arabia, Job 1:15

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