Quick Definition
σαβαχθανί Aram. & Heb. thou hast forsaken me
Strong's Definition
thou hast left me; sabachthani (i.e. shebakthani), a cry of distress
Derivation: of Chaldee or (H07662 with pronominal suffix);
KJV Usage: sabachthani
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb (Aramaic loanword)
35.56 · Help, Care For · Desert, Forsake
to forsake an Aramaic word meaning: you have forsaken me Languages differ appreciably in expressions meaning ‘to forsake, to abandon.’ For example, the most appropriate equivalent in some instances is ‘to leave alone’ or ‘to leave behind.’ In other instances one may employ a phrase such as ‘to leave without help’ or ‘to leave and refuse to care for.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σαβαχθανί, -vei T Tr WH [see WH. App. p. 155, and s.v. εἰ, ¢], τκθανί Lchm. [in Mt. only], CiApaw, fr. the Chald. paw), thou hast forsaken me: Mt. xxvii. 46; Mk. xy. 34 (fr. Ps. xxi. (xxii.) 2, for the Hebr. .)7131}», which is so rendered also by the Chaldee paraphrast). [See Kautzsch, Gram. ἃ. Bibl.-Aram. (Leipzig 1884) p.11.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σαβαχθάνι sabachthani 2x
(Aramaic) sabacthani, you have forsaken me; interrogatively, have you forsaken me? preceded with λαμᾶ, Why? Mt. 27:46; Mk. 15:34*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σαβαχθανεί (Rec. -νί; ζαφθανεί, Mt, l.c., WH, mg.) (Aram. שְׁבַקְתַּנִי), sabachthani, i.e. thou host forsaken me: Mt 27:46, Mk 15:34 (Ps 21 (22):2, Heb. עֲוַבְתָּנִי).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σαβαχθάνι (sabachthani) — sabachthani. Transliteration of Hebrew שְׁבַק 'to leave' [H7662]. Not in LSJ.