Lexical Definition

‎חֲגָבָא‎ Chăgâbâʼ (khag-aw-baw') Hagaba ^N:N-M-P
or חֲגָבָה Chăgâbâh (khagaw-baw'); feminine of ‎חָגָב‎; locust

Hagaba, Hagabah.

• § Hagaba or Hagabah = "locust"
• Chagaba or Chagabah, one of the Nethinim

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲגָבָא‎ proper name, masculine head of family of returning exiles Neh 7:48, ᵐ5 Ἁγαβα (compare also foregoing) probably = following.

‎חֲגָבָה‎ proper name, masculine head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:47, probably = foregoing; ᵐ5 Ἁγαβα.

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