Shabbethai in the Bible

1. A Levite, assistant to Ezra

• Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

⇒Bible Encyclopedia for SHABBETHAI.

2. An expounder of the law

• Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Shabbethai.

3. A chief Levite, an attendant of the temple

• Nehemiah 11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.