Lexical Definition

‎שֹׁבַי‎ Shôbay (sho-bah'-ee) Shobai ^N:N-M-P
for ‎שֹׁבִי‎

Shobai.

• § Shobai = "glorious"
• Shobai, an Israelite

1) ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.42

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שֹׁבָ֑י‎ proper name, masculine in post-exilic Israel Ezra 2:42= Neh 7:45, ᵐ5^B Αβαου (Ezra), Σαβει, A (Ezra), ᵐ5^L σωβαι.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Male • Returned from exile • Ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who returned from exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shobai was the ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.42;
• only referred to as Shobai שֹׁבַי.

Shobai is mentioned in Ezra 2:42 and Nehemiah 7:45 as the ancestor of a family of gatekeepers who were among the exiles that returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. The gatekeepers were responsible for guarding the entrances to the temple and maintaining order within its precincts. Shobai's descendants are listed among the gatekeepers who returned to Jerusalem, indicating that they had a hereditary role in serving at the temple. The return of Shobai's family, along with other exiles, was part of the restoration of Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple after the Babylonian captivity.

All entries for Shobai: שֹׁבַי