Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7678
שַׁבְּתַי
shab.b.tay · “Shabbethai”
Used 3 times across 2 books
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
Where it appears
Ezra1
Nehemiah2
In the text
Ezra 10:15Only 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 8:7Also 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 11:16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
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