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Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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E'li, E'li, La'ma Sabachtha'ni or E'li, E'li, La'ma Sabach'thani. The Hebrew form, as Eloi, Eloi, etc., is the Syro-Chaldaic, (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of Christ), of the first words of the twenty-second Psalm; they mean "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Psalms 22:1.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​e/eli-eli-lama-sabachthani.html. 1901.
 
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