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Strong's #5454 - סַבְתָּא

Transliteration

Çabtâʼ

Phonetics

sab-taw', sab-taw'

Origin

probably of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sabta or Sabtah = "striking"
1. the 3rd son of Cush

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

CSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

KJV (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

LEB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

LSB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

N95 (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סַבְתָּה, סַבְתָּא proper name, of a people 3rd 'son' of Cush according to Genesis 10:7 (הָ֯), = 1 Chronicles 1:9 (אָ֯); identification with Σαββαθα [Periplus maris Erythr.²⁷], Σαυβαθα Ptol^{vi. 7,38}, or Σαβατα [Strabo^{xvi. 42}], Sabota [Plin^{NH vi. § 155, xii. 63}], old commercial city of South Arabia, by Tu Ku, but this = Sabean שבות (not ׳ס) Levy-Os^{ZMG xix (1865), 253}; xx (1866), 273, compare Hal^{James 7, iv. 525}; Glaser^{Skizze ii. 252f.} proposes Σαφθα (Ptol^{vi. 7,30}), near west shore of Persian Gulf; ᵐ5 Σαβαθα, Σαβατα, Σεβαθα. All uncertain conjectures.

List of Word Forms

וְסַבְתָּ֥א וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וסבתא וסבתה vesavTa vesavTah wə·saḇ·tā wə·saḇ·tāh wəsaḇtā wəsaḇtāh