Bible Person
Meaning: captivity; old man; repose; oath · Male · 2 cross references
This Sheba entry refers to the son of Jokshan and descendant of Abraham through Keturah, not to the Cushite or Joktanite figures of the same name. He belongs to Abraham's wider non-Israelite family line. First appears in Gen 25:3.1
AI summary: This Sheba matters because his cross references place him within the Keturah branch of Abraham's descendants, broadening the reader's sense of how far Abraham's family extends beyond Isaac and Ishmael. The repeated name also highlights how genealogical traditions preserve overlapping regional memories through different lines. Taken together, the material presents this Sheba as an Abrahamic offshoot in the Bible's wider family geography.1
Central Figure
Sheba
Meaning: captivity; old man; repose; oath
Heb.
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.