Habaiah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:61

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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.