Chăbayâh — H2252

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chabajah, an Israelite

1. Habaiah = "Jehovah has hidden"
2. head of a priestly family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Habaiah

Origin

or Chăbâyâh; from H2247 and H3050; Jah has hidden

• Derived from Châbâh (H2247)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Chăbayâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Ezra 2:61 — And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah (חֳבַיָּ֖ה), 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 (חֳבַיָּ֖ה), 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.