Strong's Hebrew: 5455. סַבְתְּכָא (Sabteka) -- Sabteca, Sabteka

Strong's Lexicon

Sabteka: Sabteca, Sabteka

Original Word: סַבְתְּכָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Cabtka'
Pronunciation: sab-te-KAH
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-tek-aw')
Definition: Sabteca, Sabteka
Meaning: Sabteca

Word Origin: Derived from uncertain origin, possibly of foreign derivation.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Sabteka in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew genealogical context.

Usage: Sabteka is a proper noun used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to one of the sons of Cush. The name is listed in genealogical records, indicating a lineage or tribal group descending from Cush, who was a son of Ham, Noah's son.

Cultural and Historical Background: Sabteka is mentioned in the Table of Nations, a genealogical record found in Genesis 10, which outlines the descendants of Noah's sons after the flood. This record is significant for understanding the spread of nations and peoples in the ancient Near East. The descendants of Cush, including Sabteka, are traditionally associated with regions in Africa and parts of Arabia. The genealogies in Genesis serve to trace the origins of various ethnic groups and their relationships to one another, reflecting the ancient understanding of the world's population.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
a son of Cush, also the territory settled by his desc.
NASB Translation
Sabteca (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סַבְתְּכָא proper name, of a people 5th 'son' of Cush according to Genesis 10:7 = 1 Chronicles 1:9 (הָ֯ according to Baer; אָ֯, as Genesis, van d. H. Ginsb); location quite unknown; ᵑ6 Σαβακαθα, Σεβεκαθα.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Sabtecha, Sabtechah

Probably of foreign derivation; Sabteca, the name of a son of Cush, and the region settled by him -- Sabtecha, Sabtechah.

Forms and Transliterations

וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וסבתכא vesavteCha wə·saḇ·tə·ḵā wəsaḇtəḵā

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