5433. caba'

Lexicon

caba': To dip, to dye, to color

Original Word: סָבָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: caba'
Pronunciation: tsaw-BAH
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-baw')
Definition: To dip, to dye, to color
Meaning: to quaff to satiety, become tipsy

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

drunkard, fill self, Sabean, winebibber

A primitive root; to quaff to satiety, i.e. Become tipsy -- drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָבָא] verb imbibe, drink largely (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְבָא id. (rare); compare Assyrian sabû, sesame-wine Dl^HWB; — Arabic wine, is probably loan-word and import foreign wine denominative, Frä^157f); —

Qal Imperfect1plural cohortative נִסְבְּאָה Isaiah 56:12; Participle active סֹבֵא Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21; plural סובאים Ezekiel 23:42 Kt (Qr סָבָאִים, see below); construct סֹבְאֵי Proverbs 23:20; passive סְבוּאִים Nahum 1:10; — imbibe, with accusative שֵׁכָר Isaiah 56:12; participle active = substantive wine-bibber, drunkard Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:21 (both + זוֺלֵל); fully, סֹבְאֵי יָיִ֑ן Proverbs 23:20 (+ זֹלֲלֵי בָשָׂר); so also Ezekiel 23:42 Kt (Qr perhaps name of a people, so ᵑ6 AV, see below), which read Sm RV Sgfr^Kau Da; Co thinks dittograph of מוּבָאִים, but perhaps the reverse (Toy^Hpt omits מוּבָאִים): > Berthol (q. v.) מִסְּבָא; other conjectures see in Sm; וּכְסָבְאָם סְבוּאִים Nahum 1:10 is probably corrupt, passive participle of person dubious, and sense obscure; strike out both as dittograph Gunk^{ZAW xiii (1893), 235} Now; omitted in translation We Kau. On Hosea 4:18 see סֹבֶא.

[סָבָא] only plural סָבָאִים Ezekiel 23:42 Qr = drunkards, wine-bibbers (?) so Thes and others, but see סְבָאִים.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • Strong's Greek Number 3184 • μεθύσκω (methyskō): To intoxicate, make drunk
• Strong's Greek Number 3178 • μεθύω (methyō): To be drunk, to drink freely

These Greek terms share a similar semantic field with the Hebrew סָבָא (sāḇāʾ), emphasizing the act of drinking to excess and the resulting state of intoxication. They are used in the New Testament to convey warnings against drunkenness and to illustrate the moral and spiritual implications of such behavior.

Usage: The verb סָבָא (sāḇāʾ) is used in the context of drinking to the point of satisfaction or intoxication. It conveys the idea of consuming a liquid, typically wine, to the extent of becoming tipsy or drunk.

Context: The Hebrew verb סָבָא (sāḇāʾ) appears in the Old Testament to describe the act of drinking to the point of intoxication. This term is often associated with the consumption of wine and is used to depict a state of inebriation or excessive indulgence in drink. The concept of becoming tipsy or drunk is frequently mentioned in the context of warnings against overindulgence and the moral and social consequences of such behavior.

In the Berean Standard Bible, the usage of סָבָא (sāḇāʾ) can be seen in passages that caution against the dangers of excessive drinking. For example, in Isaiah 29:9, the prophet warns the people of Jerusalem about their spiritual blindness and compares their state to that of drunkenness: "Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine, stagger, but not from strong drink."

The term is also used metaphorically to describe a state of confusion or disorientation, often as a result of divine judgment or spiritual waywardness. The imagery of drunkenness serves as a powerful symbol of the loss of control and the consequences of turning away from righteous living.

Forms and Transliterations

בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ בסבאי־ וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה ונסבאה סְבוּאִ֑ים סָבָאִ֖ים סֹבֵ֣א סבא סבאים סבואים ḇə·sō·ḇə·’ê- ḇəsōḇə’ê- sā·ḇā·’îm sāḇā’îm savaIm sə·ḇū·’îm səḇū’îm sevuIm sō·ḇê sōḇê soVe venisbeAh vesoeei wə·nis·bə·’āh wənisbə’āh

Englishman's Concordance

Proverbs 23:20
HEB: אַל־ תְּהִ֥י בְסֹֽבְאֵי־ יָ֑יִן בְּזֹלֲלֵ֖י
NAS: Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
INT: nay not be with heavy of wine gluttonous

Proverbs 23:21
HEB: כִּי־ סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ
NAS: For the heavy drinker and the glutton
KJV: For the drunkard and the glutton
INT: For the heavy and the glutton will come

Isaiah 56:12
HEB: אֶקְחָה־ יַ֖יִן וְנִסְבְּאָ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְהָיָ֤ה
NAS: and let us drink heavily of strong
KJV: wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink;
INT: get wine heavily drink become

Ezekiel 23:42
HEB: [סֹובָאִים כ] (סָבָאִ֖ים ק) מִמִּדְבָּ֑ר
NAS: multitude was with her; and drunkards were brought
INT: man were brought drunkard the wilderness put

Nahum 1:10
HEB: סְבֻכִ֔ים וּכְסָבְאָ֖ם סְבוּאִ֑ים אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ כְּקַ֥שׁ
NAS: thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink,
KJV: [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards,
INT: tangled their drink are drunken are consumed stubble

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5433
5 Occurrences

sā·ḇā·’îm — 1 Occ.
sə·ḇū·’îm — 1 Occ.
sō·ḇê — 1 Occ.
wə·nis·bə·’āh — 1 Occ.
ḇə·sō·ḇə·’ê- — 1 Occ.