Sabachthani

See Eli Eli.

Sabachtha’ni or Sabach’thani. (why hast thou forsaken me?). Part of Christ’s fourth cry on the cross. Mat 27:46; Mar 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), Mat 27:46, of the first words of the 22nd Psalm. -- Editor. Psa 22:1.

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

[Sabachtha’ni]

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

SABACHTHANI.—See Eloi, Eloi, etc.

sat-bak´tha-nē. See ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI.