“Sabeans” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(1) Descendants of Sheba, son of Joktan (Joel 3:8). (2) Evidently the descendants of Seba, son of Cush (Isa. 45:14). (3) Perhaps a third tribe, though it may be one of the two just mentioned. (4) A wrong translation (Ezek. 23:42, “drunkards,” in margin.).
“Sheba” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(oath). (1) Son of Bichri, a Benjamite, who revolted from David and was beheaded (2 Sam. 20:1-22). (2) A Gadite chief (1 Chron. 5:13). (3) A descendant of Ham (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chron. 1:9). (4) Son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28). (5) Son of Jokshan (Gen. 25:3; 1 Chron. 1:32). (6) The kingdom of Sheba, whose queen visited Solomon (1 Kings 10:1-13; 2 Chron. 9:1-12). This country has been variously located in Africa, in Arabia, on the Persian Gulf, and in Arabia, on the Red Sea. The burden of authority identifies it with Yemen or Arabia Felix, on the Red Sea, and peopled by descendants of Sheba, son of Joktan. (7) A town in Simeon (Josh. 19:2). Probably the Shema of Joshua 15:26.
“Sabeans” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
There are four persons who have been regarded as progenitors of the Sabeans.
1. Seba, son of Cush (Gen. 10:7).
2. Sheba, grandson of Cush (Gen. 10:7).
3. Sheba, descendant of Joktan (Gen. 10:28).
4. Sheba, son of Jokshan (Gen. 25:3).
The first two are descendants of Ham, and the last two descendants of Shem. For their localities see SEBA and SHEBA. Some were marauders who swept away the oxen and asses of Job (Job 1:15). In Isaiah 45:14 they were traveling merchants. In Joel 3:8 they are represented as a people “far off,” to whom Judah will sell their enemies. These passages may not all refer to the same people. In Ezekiel 23:42 The chethib reads “drunkards,” as in the margin of the AV and the text of the RV.
“Sheba” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Son of Raamah, a son of Cush (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chron. 1:9). His descendants are generally held to have settled on the shores of the Persian Gulf.
2. Son of Joktan, a descendant of Shem (Gen. 10:28; 1 Chron. 1:22). His descendants have been traced to Southern Arabia, or Arabia Felix. The metropolis of the district was at or near the modern Mareb, about 15° 45' N, 45° 35' E.
3. Son of Jokshan, a son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen. 25:3; 1 Chron. 1:32). Some judge his descendants to have settled “far north;” others place them “somewhere in Arabia.” (The name “Sheba” occurs also in Job 6:19; Psalm 72:10, 15; Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 6:20; Ezekiel 27:22-23 and Ezekiel 38:13; but it is uncertain to which of the above three races each passage refers.)
4. The country from whence the queen came who visited Solomon. She brought gold, precious stones, and a great store of spices. The Lord spoke of her as “the queen of the south” (1 Kings 10:1-13; 2 Chron. 9:1,3,9,12; Matt. 12:42; Luke 11:31). The “south” well agrees with the locality of the descendants of Sheba, the son of Joktan.
“Sheba” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Son of Bichri, a Benjamite: he revolted against David after Absalom. David said, “Sheba, the son of Bichri, shall do us more harm than did Absalom,” but he was pursued by Joab, and was beheaded at Abel (2 Sam. 20:1-22).
2. A chief of the Gadites (1 Chron. 5:13).
3. City in Simeon (Josh. 19:2). Identified with Tell es Seba, 31° 15' N, 34°' 50' E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an Ethiopian district
KJV Usage:
Sheba, Sabeans
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
he who is coming: seven: oath
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Leading into captivity:―people of Sheba or Seba, Job 1:15. {In captivitatem adducens}