חֲבַיָּהChăbayâh

proper name, masculine: head of a priestly family (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 7:63)

Pronunciation: khab-ah-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2252

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 2:61 Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
  • Nehemiah 7:63 Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).