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Sabachthani

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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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.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Sabachthani'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/sabachthani.html. 1901.
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