Shovay שֹׁבָ֑י
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| שֹׁבָ֑י | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shovay |
| Strong's number | H7630 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Shobai |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezra (1) |
Shovay (Hebrew שֹׁבָ֑י, Strong's H7630) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Shobai”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.42
§ Shobai = "glorious"
ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel
§ Shobai = "glorious"
ancestor of a family of doorkeepers of the temple who returned with Zerubbabel
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shobai (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | shobai (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Shovay, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 2:42The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 139 in all.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:45The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).