Sheba

English Pronunciation en /ˈʃiːbə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Sheba.wav US Etymology 1 From en hbo שְׁבָא Šəḇāʾ. Proper noun en biblical en former kingdom r:suf/Red Sea. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba. 1 Kings 10 1: And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. en very rare _ outside the Bible en male Hebrew. 2 Samuel 20 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. The 34th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Synonyms ancient biblical kingdom en Saba Derived terms en Sheban Queen of Sheba Translations biblical kingdom Arabic: ar سَبَأ, ar شَبَا Azerbaijani: az Səba Bashkir: ba Сәба Belarusian: be Саба f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 示巴 Shìbā Esperanto: eo Ŝeba Finnish: fi Saba Ge'ez: gez ሳባ Georgian: ka საბა German: de Saba n Greek: el Σαβα Hebrew: he שְׁבָא sh'vá Hindi: hi शबा m Hungarian: hu Szabá Italian: it Saba f Japanese: ja シバ王 Shiba-ō Latin: la Saba Portuguese: pt Sabá m Russian: ru Саба́ f Swedish: sv Saba Tibetan: bo སེ་བ། Turkish: tr Sebe Ukrainian: uk Саба f 34th sura of the Qur'an Arabic: ar سورة سبأ Hindi: hi सबा Noun en dated slang A flapper daring young woman of the Jazz Age. Etymology 2 Short form of Bathsheba. Proper noun en female Hebrew. en 1996 w:Martha Grimes Hotel Paradise Headline 0-7472-1538-3 172 'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.' Anagrams en abehs Bahes saheb en unisex given names en Biblical characters Qur'an