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Zabbai
Wanderer; pure. (1.) Ezra 10:28.
(2.) The father of Baruch, who “earnestly repaired” part of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 3:20; marg., “Zaccai”).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Ezra 10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
- Nehemiah 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.