Shabbᵉthay — H7678

Definition

masculine proper noun

Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites

1. Shabbethai = "sabbatical"
2. a Levite in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Shabbethai

Origin

from H7676; restful

• Derived from Shabbâth (H7676)

Occurrences

Shabbᵉthay occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)

• Ezra 10:15 — Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai (וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י) the Levite helped them.
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai (שַׁבְּתַ֣י), 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 11:16 — And Shabbethai (וְשַׁבְּתַ֨י) and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.