Word Study · Strong's H7678 · Hebrew
שַׁבְּתַי
Shabbethay
shab-beth-ah'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shabbᵉthay
“Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shabbethai, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shabbethai.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְשַׁבְּתַ֨י1
- וְשַׁבְּתַ֥י1
- שַׁבְּתַ֣י׀1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Shabbethai2
- Shabbethai1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)1
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- HC/Npm · 2
- HNpm · 1
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Where this word lives
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 8:7שַׁבְּתַ֣י׀shabetaiproper noun (a name)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.here: Shabbethai
- Nehemiah 11:16וְשַׁבְּתַ֨יveshabetaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;here: and Shabbethai