HebrewH8274Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֵׁרֵֽבְיָה

she.re.ve.yah

7Occurrences
H8274Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sherebjah, the name of two Israelites

from H8273 (שָׁרָב) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has brought heat;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Sherebiah = "Jehovah has scorched" a Levite who assisted Ezra at the reading of the Law and who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שֵׁרֵֽבְיָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
5
Ezra
2

Key Passages

Ezra 8:18BSB

And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;

Ezra 8:24BSB

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

Nehemiah 12:8BSB

The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

Nehemiah 12:24BSB

The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

Nehemiah 8:7BSB

The 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.

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