STRONGS H5454:
Abbreviations
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סַבְתָּה,
סַבְתָּא proper name, of a people 3rd 'son' of Cush according to
Genesis 10:7 (
הָ֯), =
1 Chronicles 1:9 (
אָ֯); identification with
Σαββαθα [Periplus maris Erythr.
27],
Σαυβαθα Ptol
vi. 7, 38, or
Σαβατα [Strabo
xvi. 42], Sabota [Plin
NH vi. § 155, xii. 63], old commercial city of South Arabia, by Tuch Ku, but this = Sabean
שבות (not
ס׳) Levy-Os
ZMG xix (1865), 253; xx (1866), 273, compare Hal
JAS 7, iv. 525; Glaser
Skizze ii. 252 f. proposes
Σαφθα (Ptol
vi. 7, 30), near west shore of Persian Gulf;
Σαβαθα,
Σαβατα,
Σεβαθα. All uncertain conjectures.
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Genesis
10:7
1 Chronicles
1:9