International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Habaiah; Hobaiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Habaiah; Hobaiah


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ha-bā´ya, (חביה, ḥă-bhāyāh, חביה, ḥŏbhāyāh): 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) “Hobaiah”; in the parallel passage in 1 Esdras 5:38, the form is Ὀβδιά, Obdiá, Codex Vaticanus, Obbeia.