Bible Dictionary

Gabbai

The name Gabbai means “the back”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(tax gatherer), apparently the head of an important family of Benjamin resident at Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 11:8) (B.C. before 536.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

gab'-a-i (gabbay, "collector"): One of the chiefs of the Benjamites in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity (Ne 11:8).