This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
- Shabbethai: Levite who opposed Ezra's marriage reforms
- Shabbethai: Levite in charge of external affairs in Jerusalem
- Shabbethai: Levite who helped explain the Law to the people
Definition
from H7676; restful; Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites
Traditional renderings: Shabbethai.
Traditional renderings: Shabbethai.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- Ezra 10:15וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י · and Shabbethai(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
- Nehemiah 8:7שַׁבְּתַ֣י׀ · ShabbethaiThe Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Nehemiah 11:16וְשַׁבְּתַ֨י · ShabbethaiShabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;