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Zabbai
ZABBAI (zăb'ā-ī, Heb. zabbay, meaning unknown)
One of the sons of Bebai who put away his foreign wife at the request of Ezra (
ZABBAI zăb’ ī (זַבַּ֥י; LXX Ζαβάδ, Ζαβοὐ, possibly derived from “bestow” as a hypocoristic name, or an abbreviation of zābadya, Yahweh bestowed). 1. A descendant of Bebai who married a foreign wife in Nehemiah’s time and was forced to put her away (
2. Father of Baruch who worked on the wall of Jerusalem (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
zab’-a-i, zab’-i ( zabbay, meaning unknown; Zabou):
(1) One of those who had married foreign wives (
(2) Father of Baruch (