Sheba — the meaning of the Hebrew name שְׁבָא

שְׁבָא

Shᵉbâʼ · pronounced sheb-aw' · Strong's H7614 · a man and a place · also spelled Sabeans

Sheba means Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district.

Strong's definition

of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district.

First appearance

Gen 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (KJV)

Every verse that names Sheba

23 occurrences in 23 verses — Genesis, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

Gen 10:7Gen 10:28Gen 25:31Kgs 10:11Kgs 10:41Kgs 10:101Kgs 10:131Chr 1:91Chr 1:221Chr 1:322Chr 9:12Chr 9:32Chr 9:92Chr 9:12Job 1:15Job 6:19Ps 72:10Ps 72:15Isa 60:6Jer 6:20Ezek 27:22Ezek 27:23Ezek 38:13

Other people or places called Sheba

Sheba (H7652) — seven

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