Strong’s Hebrew
H5438 — cibbah
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
סִבָּה
cibbah — pronounced sib-baw
from 5437; a (providential) turn (of affairs):--cause. see H05437
1 occurrence in the KJV.
1 Kings 12:15
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.