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Sabachthani
        (why hast thou forsaken me?), part of Christ's fourth cry on the cross. Mt 27:46; Mr 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) of the first words of the 22d Psalm. --ED.


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'sabachthani' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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