Strong’s H5433 · Hebrew
סָבָא
çâbâʼ
saw-baw'
Definition
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
Etymology
a primitive root;
Where the KJV renders it
- drunkard
- fill self
- Sabean
- (wine-) bibber
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
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