Habaiah
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Habaiah (‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] hath hidden’). The head of a priestly family which returned with Zerubbabel, but, being unable to trace their genealogy, were not allowed to serve ( Ezra 2:61 ); called in Nehemiah 7:63 Hobaiah , and in 1Es 5:38 Obdia .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Habai'ah. (Whom Jehovah Hides). Bene-Habaiah, (that is, sons of Habaiah), were among the sons of the priests, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63. (B.C. before 459).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Ancestor of some priests who returned from exile. They could not prove their genealogy, and were put from the priesthood. Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63 .
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]
Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63.
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Ezra 2:61
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. Chabayah', חֲבִיָּה or חֲבָיָה , Protected by Jehovah; Sept. Ο᾿Βα ‹ Α and Ε᾿Βαια , a priest whose descendants returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, but were degraded from the priestly office on account of not being able to trace their genealogy ( Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:63). B.C. ante 459.
