Strong's Hebrew: 2079. זַבַּי (Zabbay) -- Zabbay

Strong's Lexicon

Zabbay: Zabbay

Original Word: זַבַּי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Zabbay
Pronunciation: zahb-bah'ee
Phonetic Spelling: (zab-bah'-ee)
Definition: Zabbay
Meaning: Zabbai

Word Origin: Derived from the root זָבַב (zabab), meaning "to flow" or "to gush."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Zabbay, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun. However, the concept of "flowing" or "gushing" can be related to Greek words like ῥέω (rheo), meaning "to flow."

Usage: Zabbay is a proper name used in the Hebrew Bible. It is typically understood to mean "flowing" or "gushing," possibly indicating abundance or prosperity. The name is associated with an individual in the post-exilic period of Israel's history.

Cultural and Historical Background: The name Zabbay appears in the context of the return from the Babylonian exile, a significant period in Jewish history when the Israelites were allowed to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. This era was marked by a renewal of religious and cultural identity, as well as the re-establishment of the Jewish community in their ancestral land.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as zebub
Definition
an Isr.
NASB Translation
Zabbai (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

זַבַּי proper name, masculine (Palmyrene זבי Vog^{No. 28} (but this perhaps = loricatus, compare lorica) **on Palmyrene זבי (probably abbreviated from ... זבד), see Lzb²⁶⁵ Cooke^{273, 291}; connection with above √ uncertain) — Jew in Ezra's time Ezra 10:28; ᵐ5 Ζαβου(θ); compare also Nehemiah 3:20 Kt (ᵐ5 Ζαβου etc., but Qr זַכַּי; see זַכָּ֑י Ezra 2:9 = Nehemiah 7:14).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Zabbai

Probably by orthographical error for Zakkay; Zabbai (or Zaccai), an Israelite -- Zabbai.

see HEBREW Zakkay

Forms and Transliterations

זַבַּ֥י זַכַּ֖י זבי זכי zab·bay zabBai zabbay zak·kay zakKai zakkay

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