חֲשַׁבְיָ֫הוּ
cha.shav.yah
Hashabiah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "חֲשַׁבְיָ֫הוּ" (cha.shav.yah) corresponds to the name Hashabiah. As a proper name, it is a unique identifier for an individual person. The name appears only twice in the Bible, indicating its limited scope of usage. The significance of Hashabiah lies in his personal identity, which is now lost to history. He may have held a position of authority or importance, but the available data does not provide further details. The name itself does not convey any specific meaning or characteristic, serving primarily as a label to distinguish one person from others.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh with the harp.
1 Chronicles 25:19the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;