שֵׁרֵבְיָהShêrêbᵉyâh

proper name, masculine: a Levite with Ezra (Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:24; Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 9:5)

Pronunciation: shay-rayb-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8274

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Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 8:18 Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they sent us a man named Sherebiah, along with eighteen of his sons and brothers. He was a very astute man and a descendant of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi son of Israel.
  • Ezra 8:24 I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests—
  • Nehemiah 8:7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—then instructed the people in the Law while everyone remained in their places.
  • Nehemiah 9:4 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the stairway of the Levites and cried out to the Lord their God with loud voices.
  • Nehemiah 9:5 Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!
  • Nehemiah 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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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).