Every Name in Tanakh

שַׁבְּתַי Shabbethai

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 712×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 10:15 and last at Nehemiah 11:16.

Ezra 10:15עזרא י:טו

אַךְ יוֹנָתָן בֶּן־עֲשָׂהאֵל וְיַחְזְיָה בֶן־תִּקְוָה עָמְדוּ עַל־זֹאת וּמְשֻׁלָּם וְשַׁבְּתַי הַלֵּוִי עֲזָרֻֽם

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

Nehemiah 8:7נחמיה ח:ז

וְיֵשׁוּעַ וּבָנִי וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה יָמִין עַקּוּב שַׁבְּתַי הֽוֹדִיָּה מַעֲשֵׂיָה קְלִיטָא עֲזַרְיָה יוֹזָבָד חָנָן פְּלָאיָה וְהַלְוִיִּם מְבִינִים אֶת־הָעָם לַתּוֹרָה וְהָעָם עַל־עָמְדָֽם

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, even the Levites, caused the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.

Nehemiah 11:16נחמיה יא:טז

וְשַׁבְּתַי וְיוֹזָבָד עַל־הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִֽיצֹנָה לְבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים מֵרָאשֵׁי הַלְוִיִּֽם

and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Shabbethai?

Shabbethai — שבתי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 712 in the standard method.

How many times is Shabbethai named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Ezra 10:15.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שבתי stands 7 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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