Lexical Definition

‎חָגָב‎ Châgâb (khaw-gawb') Hagab ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎חָגָב‎; locust

Hagab.

• § Hagab = "locust"
• Chagab, one of the Nethinim

1) head of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

See Greek: Ἄγαβος

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.2.46

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎חָגָּב‎ proper name, masculine head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:46 ᵐ5 Ἁγαβ (no || in Neh 7 H; but ᵐ5^L Neh 7:48 has both Αγαβ and Αγαβα, compare ‎חֲגָבָא‎).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • A temple servant who returned from Babylonian exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Hagab was among the temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity, as recorded in Ezra.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.2.46;
• only referred to as Hagab חָגָב.

Hagab is mentioned in Ezra 2:46 as one of the temple servants (Nethinim) who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity under the leadership of Zerubbabel. The temple servants were a group of people assigned to assist the Levites in the maintenance and service of the temple. They were not of Israelite descent but were likely descendants of the Gibeonites who had been assigned by Joshua to serve in the tabernacle (Joshua 9:27). Hagab and the other temple servants are listed among those who returned to help rebuild the temple and restore worship in Jerusalem.

All entries for Hagab: חָגָב