Bible Person

Zabbai

Meaning: flowing · Male · 1 cross reference

This Zabbai entry refers to one of the men named in Ezra 10:28, not to the father named in Nehemiah 3:20. He belongs to the restored community's difficult process of covenant correction after exile. First appears in Ezra 10:28.1

AI summary: This Zabbai matters because his single cross reference places him among those publicly identified in Ezra's response to unlawful marriages. The entry shows how specific and personal covenant renewal became in the restored community. Taken together, the material presents this Zabbai as one of the individuals included in post-exilic reform.1

Central Figure

Zabbai

Meaning: flowing

Ezra 10:28.