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HebrewH2252Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֲבַיָה

cha.vay.yah

2Occurrences
H2252Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chabajah, an Israelite

or חֲבָיָהlemma חֲבָיה missing vowel, corrected to חֲבָיָה; from H2247 (חָבָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has hidden;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Hobaiah at ; § Habaiah = "Jehovah has hidden" head of a priestly family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֲבַיָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Ezra 2:61BSB

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah,the descendants of Hakkoz,and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

Nehemiah 7:63BSB

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah,the descendants of Hakkoz,and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.