Shabbethai — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Levite who opposed Ezra’s suggestion that the sons of Israel should divorce the foreign women they had married upon returning to Palestine from exile (Ezr 10:15). He explained the law to the people at Ezra’s reading (Neh 8:7).

Show passage in OET: EZR 10:15

OET-RV EZR 10:15

15 The only ones who were against this plan were Asahel’s on Yonatan (Jonathan) and Tikvah’s son Yahzeyah, with the support of Meshulam and the Levite Shabtay.

OET-LV EZR 10:15

15 Only Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the _son _of ˊAsāh^ʼēl and_Yaḩzə^yāh/(Jahzeiah) the _son _of Tikvah they _stood on this and_Məshullām and_Shabtay the_Lēviyyiy they_supported _them.

Show passage in OET: NEH 8:7

OET-RV NEH 8:7

7 Then Yeshua, Bani, Shereveyah, Yamin, Akuv, Shabtay, Hodiyah, Ma’aseyah, Kelita, Azaryah, Yozavad, Hanan, Pelayah, who were all Levites, explained what had been read to the people standing there.

OET-LV NEH 8:7

7 And_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_Bānī and_Shērēⱱə^yāh Yāmīn/(Jamin) ˊAqqūⱱ Shabtay Hōdiy^yāh Maˊₐsē^yāh Qəlīţāʼ ˊAzar^yāh Yōzāⱱād/(Jozabad) Ḩānān Pəlā^yāh and_the_Lēviyyiy were_causing _to _understand DOM the_people (to)_law and_the_people were_at place _of_their.

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2. One of the chiefs of the Levites who oversaw the outside work of the sanctuary during the postexilic period (Neh 11:16). He is perhaps identical with #1 above.