Quick Definition
Habaiah
Biblical Persons & Places
Habaiah
Man living at the time of Exile and Return
A priest living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.61;
referred to as Habaiah or Hobaiah (KJV= Habaiah) (חֲבַיָה).
Strong's Definition
Chabajah, an Israelite
Derivation: or חֲבָיָהlemma חֲבָיה missing vowel, corrected to חֲבָיָה; from H2247 (חָבָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has hidden;
KJV Usage: Habaiah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Habaiah = "Jehovah has hidden"
1) head of a priestly family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲבַיָה (cha.vay.yah) — Habaiah. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.61; also called Hobaiah at Neh.7.63; § Habaiah = "Jehovah has hidden" head of a priestly family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֲבַיָה n.pr.m. head of a priestly family base