verb
sabachthaniamō
Strong’sG4518
thou hast forsaken me
stem sabachthani-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† σαβαχθανεί (Rec. -νί; ζαφθανεί, Mt, l.c., WH, mg.) (Aram. שְׁבַקְתַּנִי),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4518 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsab-akh-than-ee'
thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress
Fromof Chaldee or ( with pronominal suffix);
King Jamessabachthani.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| sabachthaniasaσαβαχθάνι | happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular | sabachthani | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sabachthaniamō | sabachthaniame | sabachthaniami | sabachthaniama | sabachthaniamē | sabachthaniamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sabachthaniasō | sabachthaniase | sabachthaniasi | sabachthaniasa2×σαβαχθάνι | sabachthaniasē | sabachthaniaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sabachthaniatō | sabachthaniate | sabachthaniati | sabachthaniata | sabachthaniatē | sabachthaniatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sabachthanianō | sabachthaniane | sabachthaniani | sabachthaniana | sabachthanianē | sabachthanianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sabachthaniavō | sabachthaniave | sabachthaniavi | sabachthaniava | sabachthaniavē | sabachthaniavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sabachthanialō | sabachthaniale | sabachthaniali | sabachthaniala | sabachthanialē | sabachthanialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sabachthaniameiō | sabachthaniameia | sabachthaniameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sabachthaniaseiō | sabachthaniaseia | sabachthaniaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sabachthaniateiō | sabachthaniateia | sabachthaniateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sabachthanianeiō | sabachthanianeia | sabachthanianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sabachthaniaveiō | sabachthaniaveia | sabachthaniaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sabachthanialeiō | sabachthanialeia | sabachthanialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sabachthaniasōr | sabachthaniasar | sabachthaniasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sabachthaniatōr | sabachthaniatar | sabachthaniatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sabachthaniavōr | sabachthaniavar | sabachthaniavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sabachthanialōr | sabachthanialar | sabachthanialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sabachthaniamoiō | sabachthaniamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sabachthaniasoiō | sabachthaniasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sabachthaniatoiō | sabachthaniatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sabachthanianoiō | sabachthanianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sabachthaniavoiō | sabachthaniavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sabachthanialoiō | sabachthanialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sabachthaniarō | sabachthaniari | sabachthaniara | sabachthaniarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sabachthaniarōntos | sabachthaniarintos | sabachthaniarantos | sabachthaniarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
sabachthani is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sabachthaniasa“sabachthani”happened · youaorist active indicative 2nd person singular2×
Matthew 27:46… fōna mega legarōntos; Ēli ēli lema sabachthaniasa? houtem atō; Theor mu theor mu, …… a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God …
Mark 15:34… Iēsus fōna mega; Elōi elōi lema sabachthaniasa? hem atō methermēneuorōntem Tos theor mu …… a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God …