Gabbai
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GABBAI (PERSON) [Heb gabbay (גַּבַּי)]. Benjaminite and a postexilic resident of Jerusalem, cited along with Sallai in Neh 11:8. The use of the phrase “after him,” the absence of a conjunction between the names, and the lack of parallels has suggested to some scholars that the text is corrupt. Those who accept this view argue the text should be amended in order to read “his kinsmen, men of valor” (Brockington Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther NCBC, 189–90; Williamson Ezra, Nehemiah WBC, 343). Others argue that the reference to Sallai in 12:20 indicates that the text should read as it stands (Myers Ezra, Nehemiah AB, 184).
Frederick W. Schmidt
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (2:862). New York: Doubleday.
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GABBAI Head of a family that returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the Babylonian exile (Neh 11:8).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (505). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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GAB´BAI (gabʹa-ī; “tax gatherer”). A chief of the tribe of Benjamin who settled in Jerusalem after the captivity (Neh. 11:8), before 445 b.c.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Gabbai (Heb. gabbay)
A Benjaminite who lived in Jerusalem following the Exile (Neh. 11:8). Some scholars regard the text as corrupt and emend to read “mighty men of valor” (Heb. gibbōrê ḥayil; cf. Neh. 11:14).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (474). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
