חֲשַׁבְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Chashabjah, the name of nine Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ; from H2803 (חָשַׁב) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has regarded;

KJV Usage

Hashabiah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a merarite levite
• 2.the 4th of the 6 sons of jeduthun who had charge of the 12th course
• 3.one of the descendants of hebron the son of kohath
• 4.the son of kemuel, who was prince of the tribe of levi in the time of david
• 5.a levite, one of the chiefs of his tribe who officiated for josiah at his great passover feast
• 6.a merarite levite, one of the chief priests who accompanied ezra from babylon; ruler of half the circuit of keilah and one who repaired a portion of the wall of jerusalem under nehemiah. he sealed the covenant of reformation after the return from captivity
• 7.a levite, son of bunni in the time of nehemiah
• 8.a levite, son of mattaniah in the time of nehemiah
• 9.a priest of the family of hilkiah in the days of joiakim, son of jeshua

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chăshabyâh; Pronunciation: khash-ab-yaw'