Strong H2252חֲבַיָה

Habaiah

Definition

From H2247 and H3050; Jah has hidden;
{Chabajah} an Israelite: - Habaiah.

Habaiah = "Jehovah has hidden"

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.61; also called Hobaiah at Neh.7.63;

Habaiah

A priest whose descendants were unable to prove their lineage.

Habaiah was a priest whose descendants were excluded from the priesthood due to insufficient genealogical records.

Strong H2252 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Ezra 2:61
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.