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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2079 - זַבַּי
Transliteration
Zabbay
Phonetics
zab-bah'ee
Origin
probably by orthographical error for (H2140)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Zabbai = "pure"
- a descendant of Bebai who took a foreign wife in the days of Ezra
- father of Baruch, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (1)
Nehemiah
1
BSB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
CSB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
ESV (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
KJV (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
LEB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
LSB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
N95 (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
NAS (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
זַבַּי proper name, masculine (Palmyrene זבי Vog No. 28 (but this perhaps = loricatus, compare
lorica) ** on Palmyrene זבי (probably abbreviated from ... זבד), see Lzb265 Cooke273,291; connection with above √ uncertain) — Jew in Ezra's time Ezra 10:28; ᵐ5 Ζαβου(θ); compare also Nehemiah 3:20 Kt (ᵐ5 Ζαβου etc., but Qr זַכַּי; see זַכָּ֑י Ezra 2:9 = Nehemiah 7:14).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
זַבַּי [Zabbai], pr.n. m., Ezra 10:28; Nehemiah 3:20 קרי, perhaps it is erroneously written for זַבַּי, which is found Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14.
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List of Word Forms
זַבַּ֥י זַכַּ֖י זבי זכי zab·bay zabBai zabbay zak·kay zakKai zakkay