Shobai
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Sho'ba-i (Glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the Temple, who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45. (B.C. before 536).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
SHOBAI . A family of porters ( Ezra 2:42 , Nehemiah 7:45 [ 1Es 5:28 Sabi]).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Ancestor of some of the Levite door-keepers who returned from exile. Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Ezra 2:42
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Ezra 2:42
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
shō´bı̄ , shṓ - bā´ı̄ , shō´bā́ - ı̄ ( שׁבי , shōbhāy ; Codex Vaticanus Ἀβαού , Abaoú ; Codex Alexandrinus Lucian, Σωβαί , Sōbaı́ ): The head of one of the families which returned from the Babylonian captivity ( Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
[some Shoba'i] (Heb. Shobay', שֹׁבִי [but always in pause, as שֹׁבָי ], Taking Captive [Gesen.], or Glorious [Furst]; Sept. Σεβαϊ v v.r. Σαβί, etc.), one of the heads of the Levitical family of doorkeepers of the Temple, whose posterity returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45). B.C. long ante 536.
References
- ↑ Shobai from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shobai from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Shobai from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shobai from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shobai from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shobai from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Shobai from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature