Definition for Sabacthini

sabacthini, n. [Aramaic sabachthani, thou hast forsaken me.]

Cry of despair; expression of incomprehensible agony; question that Christ asked when he was suffering on the cross; one of the exclamations of Jesus during the crucifixion (see Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34).

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