Sheba
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃiːbə/
- (biblical) An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 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.
- (very, rare outside the Bible) A male given name.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 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.
- A female given name.
- 1996 Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, ISBN 0-7472-1538-3, page 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.'
- 1996 Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, ISBN 0-7472-1538-3, page 172:
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