(Heb. Chabayah',
çֲáִéָּä
or
çֲáָéָä
, protected by Jehovah; Sept.
Ï᾿âá
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á
and
Å᾿âáéá
, a priest whose descendants returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, but were degraded from the priestly office on account of not being able to trace their genealogy (Ezr_2:6; Neh_7:63). B.C. ante 459.