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Sheba

proper nounnounproper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈʃiːbə//

A former kingdom in the Red Sea region. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A former kingdom in the Red Sea region. An ancient kingdom in Arabia or possibly in Africa. Frequently equated with ancient Saba.

    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.

  2. 2

    A male given name from Hebrew.

    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.

  3. 3

    The 34th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇāʾ).

noun

  1. 1

    datedA flapper (daring young woman of the Jazz Age).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A female given name from Hebrew.

    '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.'

Etymology

Short form of Bathsheba.

Forms

plural
Shebas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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