Sheba

[ shee-buh ]

nounBible.

Queen of, the queen who visited Solomon to test his wisdom. 1 Kings 10:1–13.
Biblical name of Saba (def. 2).

Origin of Sheba

From Late Latin Saba, from Greek Sabá, from Hebrew Shəbhā, a geographic and ethnic name of uncertain meaning

Words Nearby Sheba

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How to use Sheba in a sentence

An Ethiopian newcomer makes a spicy splash in AlexandriaMakeda, its name a reference to the biblical Queen of Sheba, is full of niceties.
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The two immediately strike up a friendship, with the old spinster writing in her diary that Sheba “may be the one.”
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A scandal erupts, and Sheba is fired from her job and her husband (Bill Nighy) kicks her out of the house.
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With nowhere left to go, Sheba, thinking the boy confessed the affair to his mother, turns to Barbara, and stays at her home.
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And there was a woman whose name was Bath-Sheba, and she was very beautiful.
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The visit of the Queen of Sheba may be read after this, and the allusions to it in literature noted.
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But this congratulatory strain of the queen of Sheba may be applied to the Christian age, and to "a greater than Solomon."
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Then laying all levity aside, he told them, like the Queen of Sheba, all that was in his heart.
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It was Sheba who saw it first, and in the strength of her desire to avoid the wearer, she formed a desperate plan.
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British Dictionary definitions for Sheba (1 of 2)

Sheba¹

/ (ˈʃiːbə) /

noun

Also called: Saba the ancient kingdom of the Sabeans: a rich trading nation dealing in gold, spices, and precious stones (I Kings 10)
the region inhabited by this nation, located in the SW corner of the Arabian peninsula: modern Yemen

British Dictionary definitions for Sheba (2 of 2)

Sheba²

/ (ˈʃiːbə) /

noun

Queen of Sheba Old Testament a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)

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