Sibmah: meaning of the name
Sibmah means “conversion; captivity.”
Sibmah in Hebrew and Greek
Places named Sibmah
Sibmah in Scripture
“Sibmah” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.
- Joshua 13:19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
- Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.