SABAEANS

sa-be'-anz (shebha'im (Joel 3:8 the King James Version), cebha'-im; Sabaeim, Sebaeim (Isaiah 45:14); read cabha'im, but rendered as though from cabha', "to imbibe," hence, "drunkards"; oinomenoi, "wine-drunken" (Ezekiel 23:42 the King James Version)):

1. Forms of the Word:

"Sabaeans" is also the translation of the name of the country itself (shebha') in Job 1:15; Job 6:19. This last, which is the root of shebha'im, is regarded by Arabists as coming from that root with the meaning of "to take captive," though seba'a, "he raided" (compare Job 1:15), has also been suggested.

2. Two Different Races:

As Sheba is said in Genesis 10:7; Genesis 10:28; and 25:3 respectively to have been

(1) a son of Raamah, the 4th son of Cush;

(2) the 10th son of Joktan, son of Eber;

(3) the 1st son of Jokshan, 2nd son of Abraham and Keturah, at least two nationalities of this name are implied. The former were identified by Josephus (Ant., II, x, 2) with the tall people of Saba in Upper Egypt, described by him as a city of Ethiopia, which Moses, when in the service of the Egyptians, besieged and captured.

3. Semitic Sabeans and Their Commerce:

It is the Semitic Sabeans, however, who are the best known, and the two genealogies attributed to them (Joktan-Eber and Jokshan-Abraham) seem to imply two settlements in the land regarded as that of their origin. As Ezekiel (27:23) mentions Haran (Hirran), Canneh (Kannah), and Eden (Aden) as being connected with Sheba, and these three places are known to have been in Southern Arabia, their Semitic parentage is undoubted. The Sabeans are described as being exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6 Psalm 72:15), precious stones (Ezekiel 27:23), perfumes (Jeremiah 6:20; Isaiah and Ezekiel), and if the rendering "Sabaeans" for Joel 3 (4):8 be correct, the Sebaim, "a nation far off," dealt in slaves.

See SEBA; SHEBA; TABLE OF NATIONS.

T. G. Pinches

Chapter x
... temples and its trade in incense. "Raamah" seems to be a tribe of Sabaeans
in southwest Arabia. "Sabteca" represents that branch of ...
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The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... wind between Koptos and the Red Sea, and by their means placed the cities of the
Said in communication with the "Ladders of Incense," Punt and the Sabaeans.*. ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

Notes
... Tertullian (Apol. 42): "The Arabs and Sabaeans knew well that we consume more of
their precious merchandise for our dead than do the heathen for their gods.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/notes.htm

Period iii. The Dissolution of the Imperial State Church and the ...
A Source Book for Ancient Church History. <. ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/period iii the dissolution of.htm

Sabaeans
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SABAEANS. sa-be'-anz (shebha'im (Joel 3:8
the King James Version), cebha'-im; Sabaeim, Sebaeim (Isaiah ...
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Sheba (36 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Trudge (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 45:14 The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and
the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours ...
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Dedan (10 Occurrences)
... descended from Keturah. Evidently, they were, like the related Sheba (Sabaeans),
of mixed race (compare Genesis 10:7, 28). In Isaiah ...
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Dedanites (1 Occurrence)
... descended from Keturah. Evidently, they were, like the related Sheba (Sabaeans),
of mixed race (compare Genesis 10:7, 28). In Isaiah ...
/d/dedanites.htm - 7k

Products (9 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 45:14 The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and
the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours ...
/p/products.htm - 9k

Seba (4 Occurrences)
... In Isaiah 45:14 we meet with the gentilic form, (csebha'im) (Sabaeim), rendered
"Sabaeans," who are described as "men of stature" (ie tall), and were to come ...
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Sabacthani (1 Occurrence)

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Sabakon

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Tall (41 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 45:14 The Lord says, The workmen of Egypt, and the traders of Ethiopia, and
the tall Sabaeans, will come over the sea to you, and they will be yours ...
/t/tall.htm - 19k

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