Bible Dictionary
Sabeans
The Sabeans were peoples associated with Seba or Sheba, engaged in trade and described as people of stature. Another group called Sabeans attacked Job’s servants and livestock.
Definition
The Sabeans were peoples associated with Seba or Sheba. They are described as people of stature, engaged in commerce, and in another account as raiders who attacked Job’s servants and livestock.
Biblical Usage
Scripture identifies some Sabeans as descendants of Seba and Africans, mentions their merchandise and stature, predicts their turning to the Lord, and records another Sabean group in the account of Job.
Historical Background
The term may refer to more than one group. In one passage translated “Sabeans,” the supplied material says the better reading is “drunkards.”
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Descendants of Seba (Gen. 10:7); Africans (Isa. 43:3). They were “men of stature,” and engaged in merchandise (Isa. 45:14). Their conversion to the Lord was predicted (Ps. 72:10). This word, in Ezek. 23:42, should be read, as in the margin of the Authorized Version, and in the Revised Version, “drunkards.” Another tribe, apparently given to war, is mentioned in Job 1:15.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
[Sheba]