Habaiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲבַיָּה

חֲבַיָּה

Chăbayâh · pronounced khab-ah-yaw' · Strong's H2252 · a man

Habaiah means Jah has hidden.

Built from

חָבָה châbâh (from, H2247) — to secrete open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or חֲבָיָהlemma חֲבָיה missing vowel, corrected to חֲבָיָה; from H2247 and H3050; Jah has hidden; Chabajah, an Israelite.

First appearance

Ezra 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: (KJV)

Every verse that names Habaiah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Ezra, Nehemiah

Ezra 2:61Neh 7:63

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