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sab-a-tē´us (Σαββαταῖος, SabbataıÌos; the King James Version Sabbatheus): One of the three (or rather two, for “Levis†= Levite) “assessors†in the investigation held concerning “foreign wives†(1 Esdras 9:14) = “Shabbethai the Levite†in . He is probably the “Sabateus,†one of the Levites who expounded the Law (1 Esdras 9:48), and so = the “Shabbethai†in .