Shobai

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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

SHOBAI . A family of porters ( Ezra 2:42 , Nehemiah 7:45 [ 1Es 5:28 Sabi]).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Ancestor of some of the Levite door-keepers who returned from exile. Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:42

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:42

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

[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.