H7678: שַׁבְּתַי
Shabbᵉthay · pronounced shab-beth-ah'-ee · “Shabbethai”
Definition
Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shabbethai.
Word origin: from H7676 (שַׁבָּת); restful;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15
§ Shabbethai = "sabbatical"
a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
§ Shabbethai = "sabbatical"
a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7678 is translated
- shabbethai ×3
Bible verses with H7678 (Shabbᵉthay)
Shabbᵉthay appears in 3 verses.
- Ezra 10:15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
- Nehemiah 8:7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 11:16
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.