Shabbethai

Levite who opposed Ezra's marriage reforms

A written article for Shabbethai is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shabbethai appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

Original word

  • שַׁבְּתַי shabbethai
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Where Shabbethai appears in Scripture

Ezra 10

אַךְ יֽוֹנָתָן בֶּן-עֲשָׂהאֵל וְיַחְזְיָה בֶן-תִּקְוָה עָֽמְדוּ עַל-זֹאת וּמְשֻׁלָּם וְשַׁבְּתַי הַלֵּוִי עֲזָרֻֽם׃
15
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

Nehemiah 8

וְיֵשׁוּעַ וּבָנִי וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה׀ יָמִין עַקּוּב שַׁבְּתַי׀ הֽוֹדִיָּה מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה קְלִיטָא עֲזַרְיָה יֽוֹזָבָד חָנָן פְּלָאיָה וְהַלְוִיִּם מְבִינִים אֶת-הָעָם לַתּוֹרָה וְהָעָם עַל-עָמְדָֽם׃
7
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, 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

וְשַׁבְּתַי וְיֽוֹזָבָד עַל-הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִֽיצֹנָה לְבֵית הָֽאֱלֹהִים מֵֽרָאשֵׁי הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
16
And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.