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Shobai
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Shobai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the Levite chief temple Gate Keeper under Nehemiah
turning captivity
turning captivity
Hebrew
Strongs #07630: ybv Shobay
Shobai = "glorious"1) ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with
Zerubbabel
7630 Shobay sho-bah'-ee
for 7629; Shobai, an Israelite:-Shobai.see HEBREW for 07629
Shobai [NAVE]
SHOBAI, a porter, whose descendants returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45.SHOBAI [SMITH]
(glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the temple, who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45) (B.C. before 536.)SHOBAI [ISBE]
SHOBAI - sho'-bi, sho-ba'-i, sho'-ba-i (shobhay; Codex Vaticanus Abaou; Codex Alexandrinus Lucian, Sobai): The head of one of the families which returned from the Babylonian captivity (Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45).