Sabachthani

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Σαβαχθάνι (Strong'S #4518 — Aramaic transliteration — sabachthanei — sab-akh-than-ee' )

an Aramaic word signifying "Thou hast forsaken Me," is recorded as part of the utterance of Christ on the Cross, Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 , a quotation from Psalm 22:1 . Recently proposed renderings which differ from those of the AV and RV have not been sufficiently established to require acceptance.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sabachtha'ni or Sabach'thani. (why hast thou forsaken me?). Part of Christ's fourth cry on the cross. Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34. This, with the other words uttered with it, as given in Mark, is Aramaic, (Syro-Chaldaic), the common dialect of the people of Palestine in Christ's time, and the whole is a translation of the Hebrew, (given in Matthew), Matthew 27:46, of the first words of the 22nd Psalm. - Editor. Psalms 22:1.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Sabachthani (sa-băk'tha-nî, or sâ'bak-thâ'nî), thou hast forsaken me. One of the words uttered by Christ on the cross. Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34. It is part of the phrase which is in Syro-Chaldee.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

An Aramaic word, signifying, "hast thou forsaken me?" uttered by the Lord when on the cross as the sin-bearer. Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Psalm 22:1 azabtani Eli

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew 27:46Mark 15:34

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SABACHTHANI . See Eloi, Eloi, etc.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

See Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many sabachtha'ni] (σαβαχθανί, a Graecized form of the Chaldee shebakta'ni, שְׁבִקְתִּנַי, thou hast left me), quoted by our Lord upon the cross (Matthew 17:46; Mark 15:34) from the Targum on Psalms 22:2 (where the Heb. has azabta'ni, עֲזִבְתִּנַי, "thou hast forsaken me"). See Petersen, Erforschung des Wortes σαβαχθανί (s.l. 1701). (See Agony).