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שֵׁרֵֽבְיָה

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Sherebiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.18 § Sherebiah = "Jehovah has scorched" a Levite who assisted Ezra at the reading of the Law and who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שֵֵׁ˜רבְיָה proper name, masculine a Levite with Ezra (?׳י hath sent burning heat; or compare Syriac Pa`el propagavit); — Σαραβια(ς) : Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:24; Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5; Neh 10:13; Neh 12:8; Neh 12:24.


שַׁרְבּֿיט see שׁבט.


4 occurrences

Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2)