H7678 שַׁבְּתַי (Shabbᵉthay) shab-beth-ah'-ee

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Shabbethai

Biblical Persons & Places

Shabbethai Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15; only referred to as Shabbethai (שַׁבְּתַי).

Shabbethai Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.16; only referred to as Shabbethai (שַׁבְּתַי).

Shabbethai Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.7; only referred to as Shabbethai (שַׁבְּתַי).

Strong's Definition

Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites

Derivation: from H7676 (שַׁבָּת); restful;

KJV Usage: Shabbethai.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shabbethai = "sabbatical"

1) a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁבְּתַי (shab.b.tay) — Shabbethai. 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

שַׁבְּתַי (shab.b.tay) — Shabbethai. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.7 § Shabbethai = "sabbatical" a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

שַׁבְּתַי (shab.b.tay) — Shabbethai. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.16 § Shabbethai = "sabbatical" a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שַׁבְּתַי (H7678)

name

Names of People

Shabbetai = man; ◄ tribe of Levi; ► Levite; after exile

EZR 10:15 · NEH 8:7 · NEH 11:16

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁבְּתַי n.pr. Levite base

Bible Occurrences (3)

10:15

8:7 11:16

Ezra 10:15

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed... this [plan].

Nehemiah 8:7

The Levites — Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah — instructed the people in the Law as [they] [stood] in their places.

Nehemiah 11:16

Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;