Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4518
thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress
KJV usage: :--sabachthani.
Etymology: of Chaldee or ( with pronominal suffix);
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
(Aramaic) sabacthani, you have forsaken me; interrogatively, have you forsaken me? preceded with λαμᾶ, Why? Mt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34*
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