Dictionaries :: Sherebiah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sherebiah:

flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem (Ezr 8:17,18,24-30; Neh 8:7; 9:4,5; 10:12).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Sherebiah:

singing with the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Sherebiah:

sher-e-bi'-a, she-reb'-ya (sherebhyah, "God has sent burning heat"(?); the form is doubtful): A post-exilic priest and family. Sherebiah, who joined Ezra at the river Ahava (Ezr 8:18; the Septuagint omits), and had charge, along with eleven others, of the silver and gold and vessels for the Temple (Ezr 8:24, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Saraia, Lucian, Sarabias). He aided in the exposition of the Law (Ne 8:7), was among those who made public confession (Ne 9:4) and sealed the covenant (Ne 10:12 (13)). His name also appears in Ne 12:8,24. In every passage listed above except 10:12 (13), Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus read Sarabia, Lucian, Sarabias. In 1 Esdras 8:47 the name appears as "Asebebia," the Revised Version (British and American) "Asebebias"; in 1 Esdras 8:54, "Esebrias," the Revised Version (British and American) "Eserebias," and 1 Esdras 9:48, "Sarabias." Many of the companion-names on the lists are plainly ethnic (Cheyne).

Written by Horace J. Wolf

Nave's Topical Bible

Sherebiah: 1. A Levite Assistant to Ezra

Ezr 8:18, 24; Neh 8:7; 9:4, 5

Sherebiah: 2. A Levite Who Sealed the Covenant

With Nehemiah,

Neh 10:12; 12:8, 24.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sherebiah:

(heat of Jehovah) a Levite in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:18; 8:24). (B.C. 459) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him (Nehemiah 8:7). He signed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:12).