BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7678
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
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Sabbath-born, a Levite who assisted in expounding the law and investigating into the illegal marriages of the Jews (Ezra 10:15; Neh. 8:7; 11:16).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
