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Strong H76783 sensesשַׁבְּתַי

Shabbethai

Transliteration
shabbethay
Pronunciation
shab-beth-ah'ee

Meaning of the name

Shabbethai = "sabbatical"

The 3 senses of Strong H7678

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7678 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Levite who opposed Ezra's marriage reformsH7678G1 verse · Ezra
  2. Levite who helped explain the Law to the peopleH7678H1 verse · Nehemiah
  3. Levite in charge of external affairs in JerusalemH7678I1 verse · Nehemiah

General definition

From H7676; restful;
{Shabbethai} the name of three Israelites: - Shabbethai.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shabbethai3

First verses

  1. Ezra 10:15
    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.
  2. Nehemiah 8:7
    Also 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.
  3. Nehemiah 11:16
    And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.