Sabachthani

Sabach'thani

[many sabachtha'ni] (σαβαχθανί, a Graecized form of the Chaldee shebakta'ni, שׁבִקתִּנַי, thou hast left me), quoted by our Lord upon the cross (Mt 17:27; Mr 15:34) from the Targum on Ps 22:2 (where the Heb. has azabta'ni, עֲזִבתִּנַי, "thou hast forsaken me"). See Petersen, Erforschung des Wortes σαβαχθανί (s.l. 1701). SEE AGONY.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.