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"SHEBA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an oath", "captivity", "old man", "repose", "oath". |
Date "SHEBA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
"SHEBA" is a common misspelling or typo for: shebang. |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Sheba an oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans. (3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3). (4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (1 Kings 10:1-13). She is called by our Lord the "queen of the south" (Matt. 12:42). (5.) Heb. shebha', "seven" or "an oak." A town of Simeon (Josh. 19:2). (6.) Heb. id. A "son of Bichri," of the family of Becher, the son of Benjamin, and thus of the stem from which Saul was descended (2 Sam. 20:1-22). When David was returning to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom, a strife arose between the ten tribes and the tribe of Judah, because the latter took the lead in bringing back the king. Sheba took advantage of this state of things, and raised the standard of revolt, proclaiming, "We have no part in David." With his followers he proceeded northward. David seeing it necessary to check this revolt, ordered Abishai to take the gibborim, "mighty men," and the body-guard and such troops as he could gather, and pursue Sheba. Joab joined the expedition, and having treacherously put Amasa to death, assumed the command of the army. Sheba took refuge in Abel-Bethmaachah, a fortified town some miles north of Lake Merom. While Joab was engaged in laying siege to this city, Sheba's head was, at the instigation of a "wise woman" who had held a parley with him from the city walls, thrown over the wall to the besiegers, and thus the revolt came to an end. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | SHEBA, Queen of, an ancient mere woman who matched her brains against the brainiest man who ever lived. She lost. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Sheba (Queen of). The Assyrians say her name was Macqueda, but Arabs call her Belkis. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Sheba - an oath, seven.
(1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf.
(2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans.
(3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3).
(4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (1 Kings 10:1-13). She is called by our Lord the "queen of the south" (Matt. 12:42).
(5.) Heb. shebha', "seven" or "an oak." A town of Simeon (Josh. 19:2).
(6.) Heb. id. A "son of Bichri," of the family of Becher, the son of Benjamin, and thus of the stem from which Saul was descended (2 Sam. 20:1-22). When David was returning to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom, a strife arose between the ten tribes and the tribe of Judah, because the latter took the lead in bringing back the king. Sheba took advantage of this state of things, and raised the standard of revolt, proclaiming, "We have no part in David." With his followers he proceeded northward. David seeing it necessary to check this revolt, ordered Abishai to take the gibborim, "mighty men," and the body-guard and such troops as he could gather, and pursue Sheba. Joab joined the expedition, and having treacherously put Amasa to death, assumed the command of the army. Sheba took refuge in Abel-Bethmaachah, a fortified town some miles north of Lake Merom. While Joab was engaged in laying siege to this city, Sheba's head was, at the instigation of a "wise woman" who had held a parley with him from the city walls, thrown over the wall to the besiegers, and thus the revolt came to an end.
original text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) - please update as needed
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sheba."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SHEBA | English | Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic | N/A |
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Crosswords: SHEBA |
| Specialty definitions using "SHEBA": Balkis ♦ Chilmad. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Mask of Sheba (1970) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Little Sheba Come Back (1955) The Queen of Sheba (1921) Little Sheba Come Back (1977) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba [...]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sheba, elephant and cart. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sheba eating out of children's hand. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Ethiopia | According to legend, Menelik I, the son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, founded the Ethiopian Empire. (references) |
Israel | Hizballah forces in Southern Lebanon continued to attack Israeli positions south of the Blue Line in the Sheba Farms/Har Dov area of the Golan Heights. (references) | |
Lebanon | As regional tension escalated with the Palestinian intifada in September 2000, Hizballah cited Blue Line discrepancies when it reengaged Israel on October 7, taking three Israeli soldiers captive in an area known as Sheba Farms. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | Attacks by Hizballah in the Sheba Farms/Har Dov in northern Israel area resulted in the death of one Israeli soldier. (references) |
Political Economy | Lebanon | The withdrawal of the Israeli forces reduced level of conflict between Hizballah and the Israelis, although Lebanon in October began asserting a claim to Sheba farms, a small area of the Golan heights which Israel captured from Syria in 1967. Since that time, Hizballah has captured 3 Israeli soldiers and killed 3 others in sporadic attacks on this area. (references) |
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| "SHEBA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SHEBA" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 33 | 60,273 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SHEBA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sheba | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,764 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "SHEBA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an oath", "captivity", "old man", "repose", "oath". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "SHEBA." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Sheba | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Sheba | Male | Biblical | N/A |
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SHEBA": Bath-sheba. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "SHEBA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Czech | Sába. (various references) | ||||
Greek | Σάβα. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ebashay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Iexan de egennhsen ton saba kai ton qaiman kai ton daidan uioi de daidan egenonto ragouhl kai nabdehl kai assouriim kai latousiim kai lowmim |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iexan quoque genuit Saba et Dadan filii Dadan fuerunt Assurim et Lathusim et Loommim |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Jexam gat Saba, and Dadan. The sones of Dadan weren Assurym, and Latusim, Laomym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Iacksan begat Seba and Deda. And the sonnes of sedan were Assurim Letusim and Leumim. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim and Leummim. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Joksan nanganak kang Seba, ug kang Dedan. Ug ang mga anak nga lalake ni Dedan mao si Assurim, ug si Letusim ug si Leummin. |
| Croatian | A od Jokšana rodili se Šeba i Dedan. Dedanovi su potomci: Ašurci, Letušci i Leumci. |
| Danish | Joksjan avlede Saba og Dedan. Dedans Sønner var Assjuriterne, Letusjiterne og Le'ummiterne. |
| Dutch | En Joksan gewon Seba en Dedan; en de zonen van Dedan waren de Assurieten, en Letusieten, en Leummieten. |
| Finnish | Mutta Joksanille syntyi Seba ja Dedan. Dedanin jälkeläisiä olivat: assurilaiset, letusilaiset ja leummilaiset. |
| French | Jokschan engendra Séba et Dedan. Les fils de Dedan furent les Aschurim, les Letuschim et les Leummim. |
| German | Joksan aber zeugte Saba und Dedan. Die Kinder aber von Dedan waren: die Assuriter, die Letusiter und die Leumiter. |
| Haitian Creole | Joksan te papa Seba ak Dedan. Men pitit Dedan yo: Se te moun Achou yo, moun Letouch yo ak moun Lemou yo. |
| Hungarian | Joksán pedig nemzé Sébát, és Dédánt. Dédánnak pedig fiai valának: Assurim, Letúsim és Leummim. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yoksan ayah Syeba dan Dedan, dan keturunan Dedan ialah orang Asyur, orang Letus, dan orang Leum. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Yoksanpun beranak Syeba dan Dedan. Maka bani Dedan itulah orang Asyurim dan Letusyim dan Liumim. |
| Maori | A whanau ake a Iokohana ko Hepa, ko Rerana. A ko nga tama a Rerana ko Ahurimi, ko Retuhimi, ko Reumime. |
| Norwegian | Og Joksan fikk sønnene Sjeba og Dedan; og Dedans barn var assurerne og letuserne og le'ummerne |
| Portuguese | Jocsã gerou a Seba e Dedã. Os filhos de Dedã foram Assurim, Letusim e Leumim. |
| Rumanian | Iocwan a nqscut pe Seba wi pe Dedan. Fiii lui Dedan au fost Awurimii, Letuwimii wi Leumimii. - |
| Swedish | Och Joksan födde Saba och Dedan, och Dedans söner voro assuréerna, letuséerna och leumméerna. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SHEBA": shebang, shebangs. (additional references) | |
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"SHEBA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ossebi, Sebha, Sebi, Shaab, Shabab, Shabaka, Shabaz, Shabra, Shabwa, Shahbaz, sheb, Shebah, Shebbak, Shebib, Shehab, Sheka, Shemau, Shewa, Shiba, Shibam, Shiban, Shiblak, Shibu, Shifa, Shimba, Shimbu, Shoba, Shobaki, Shobo, Shubha, Shukbah, Siebu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-s" | |
-1 letter: base, bash, haes, sabe, shea. | |
-2 letters: abs, ash, bah, bas, hae, has, hes, sab, sae, sea, sha, she. | |
-3 letters: ab, ae, ah, as, ba, be, eh, es, ha, he, sh. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-s" | |
+1 letter: baches, bashed, basher, bashes, bathes, boheas, obeahs, rehabs. | |
+2 letters: abashed, abashes, banshee, banshie, bashers, batches, bathers, beaches, beamish, bearish, beauish, behaves, beheads, berthas, beshame, braches, brasher, brashes, breaths, herbals, keblahs, shamble, shebang, shebean, subhead. | |
+3 letters: abhenrys, absinthe, ambushed, ambusher, ambushes, babiches, backhoes, baghouse, bakeshop, banished, banisher, banishes, banshees, banshies, barghest, batchers, bathless, bathoses, bearhugs, bechalks, becharms, behalves, behavers, beshadow, beshamed, beshames, bethanks, bethesda, bigheads, blanches, blathers, bleaches, bleakish, bohemias, bowheads, brachets, branches, brashest, brashier, breaches, breadths, breathes, brechams, brechans, broaches, caboshed, cashable, chambers, chasuble, fishable, habitues, halberds, halberts, hambones, hatboxes, hauberks, henbanes, herbages, memsahib, obeahism, rheobase, seabeach, shabbier, shakable, shamable, shambled, shambles, shapable, sharable, shavable, shebangs, shebeans, shedable, showable, subheads, subphase, sunbathe, washable. | |
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