ha-bā´ya, (חביה, hÌ£ă-bhaÌ„yaÌ„h, חביה, hÌ£ŏbhaÌ„yaÌ„h): A post-exilic priestly family which was unable to establish its pedigree. “Habaiah†is the form in ; in the parallel passage (), the King James Version has “Habaiah,†and the Revised Version (British and American) “Hobaiahâ€; in the parallel passage in 1 Esdras 5:38, the form is ὈβδιαÌ, ObdiaÌ, Codex Vaticanus, Obbeia.