Strong's Hebrew: 2252. חֳבַיָּה (Chabayah) -- Chabayah

Strong's Lexicon

Chabayah: Chabayah

Original Word: חֲבַיָּה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Chabayah
Pronunciation: khab-ah-YAH
Phonetic Spelling: (khab-ah-yaw')
Definition: Chabayah
Meaning: Chabajah

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root חָבָה (chavah), meaning "to hide" or "to protect," combined with יָהּ (Yah), a shortened form of Yahweh, the name of God.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for the name Chabayah, the concept of God's protection and providence is echoed in Greek terms such as σῴζω (sózó, Strong's Greek 4982), meaning "to save" or "to preserve," and ἐπισκιάζω (episkiazó, Strong's Greek 1982), meaning "to overshadow" or "to protect."

Usage: Chabayah is a proper name used in the Hebrew Bible. It is often understood to mean "Yahweh hides" or "Yahweh protects." This name reflects a theological understanding of God's protective and providential care over His people.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, names were often given to reflect the character or attributes of God, or to commemorate significant events or divine interventions. The name Chabayah would have been a reminder of God's protective nature, a theme prevalent in the Hebrew Scriptures. This reflects the cultural importance of names as expressions of faith and identity in the biblical world.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chabah and Yah
Definition
"Yah has hidden," an Isr.
NASB Translation
Habaiah (1), Hobaiah (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲבָיָה proper name, masculine head of a priestly family Ezra 2:61 = Nehemiah 7:63 (van d. H. Ezra חֲבַיָּה; Nehemiah חֳבָיָה, margin חֳבַיָה; compare Baer's note on Ezra 2:61; ᵐ5 Ezra Λαβεια, ᵐ5^L Ωδουια, A Οβαια, ᵐ5 Nehemiah Εβεια, ᵐ5^L Αβια, א Αβεια).

חֲבַיָּה, חֳבָיָה see foregoing.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Habaiah

Or Chabayah {khab-aw-yaw'}; from chabah and Yahh; Jah has hidden; Chabajah, an Israelite -- Habaiah.

see HEBREW chabah

see HEBREW Yahh

Forms and Transliterations

חֳבַיָּ֖ה חביה choaiYah ḥo·ḇay·yāh ḥoḇayyāh

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