Shabbethai
שַׁבְּתַיStrong’s H7678shabbtay (shab-b-tay)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shabbtay is the Hebrew word usually translated “shabbethai”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.7
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.16
How it's translated
- and shabbethai 2
- shabbethai 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 2
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁבְּתַי shabbtay · 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 shabbtay · 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 shabbtay · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.