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saf-a-tı̄´as (ΣαφατιÌας, SaphatıÌas, Codex Vaticanus ΣοφοτιÌας, SophotıÌas; omitted in Codex Alexandrinus): Name of a family of returning exiles (1 Esdras 8:34) = “Shephatiah†in . If Saphatias (1 Esdras 8:34) = Saphat (1 Esdras 5:9), as would appear, then part of the family went up with Zerubbabel and part with Ezra.