חֲשַׁבְיָ֫הוּ
Hashabiah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H2811 appears — 15 distinct verses across 4 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:45 חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה n Proper the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
- 1 Chronicles 9:14 חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה n Proper Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ n Proper Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 25:19 לַ/חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה prep + n Proper the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:30 חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ֩ n Proper Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 27:17 חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה n Proper of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Ezra 2 verses
Nehemiah 6 verses
- Nehemiah 3:17 חֲשַׁבְיָ֛ה n Proper After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
- Nehemiah 10:11 חֲשַׁבְיָֽה n Proper Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
- Nehemiah 11:15 חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה n Proper Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
- Nehemiah 11:22 חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה n Proper The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 12:21 חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה n Proper of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
- Nehemiah 12:24 חֲשַׁבְיָ֨ה n Proper The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Hashabiah” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name חשביה (Chăshabyâh). Scripture first uses it in 1 Chronicles 6:45. It appears 15 verses across 4 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its uncommon vocabulary. More than a third of its appearances fall in 1 Chronicles. See 15-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2811 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 15 distinct verses.
- 4 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 4 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,836
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,836 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 15 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 6 verses 40%
- Nehemiah 6 verses 40%
- Ezra 2 verses 13%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 15 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 15 verses · 100%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Hashabiah 15×
- American Standard Version: Hashabiah 15×
- Berean Standard Bible: Hashabiah 14×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Hashabiah 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2811 across 15 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2811 across 15 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2811 across 15 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2811 across 15 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ a temple musician 1 Ch 25:3 = חֲשַׁבְיָה v 19; 𝔊 in both Ασαβια. e.g. 1 Chronicles 25:3
- 2. חֲשַׁבְיָה a Levite, David’s time 1 Ch 27:17; perhaps = חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ, officer of David in Hebron 1 Ch 26:30; in both 𝔊 Ασαβιας. e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:17
- 3. חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ a Levite, Josiah’s time 2 Ch 35:9; 𝔊 Ασαβια. Elsewhere חשׁביה: e.g. 2 Chronicles 35:9
- 4. Levite in line of Merari 1 Ch 6:30 𝔊 Ασεβ(ε)ι, Ασαβια. e.g. 1 Chronicles 6:30
- 5. Levite 1 Ch 9:14, 𝔊 Ασαβια = Ne 11:15, A 𝔊L Ασαβιου[ας]. e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:14
- 6. Levite, Ezra’s time Ezr 8:19, 24 Ne 10:12; 11:22; 12:24 (𝔊 Ασαβιας etc.) = חֲשַׁבְנְיָה 2, q.v. e.g. Ezra 8:19
- 7. head of a family of priests Ne 12:21, 𝔊 Ασαβιας e.g. Nehemiah 12:21
- 8. a builder at the wall Ne 3:17, 𝔊 Ασαβια(ς). e.g. Nehemiah 3:17
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (Yah(u) has taken account)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חשב (châshab) (H2803) — to think.
Forms in the corpus
The 10 distinct written forms H2811 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:19 | 4 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 9:14 | 2 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:45 | 2 |
| וַ/חֲשַׁבְיָ֧הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 35:9 | 1 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 3:17 | 1 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֨ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 12:24 | 1 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָ֨הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 25:3 | 1 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָֽה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 10:11 | 1 |
| חֲשַׁבְיָהוּ֩ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:30 | 1 |
| לַ/חֲשַׁבְיָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 25:19 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2811, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- חשב chăshab H2804 to think
- חשב chêsheb H2805 girdle
- חשבון cheshbôwn H2808 reckoning
- חשבון chishshâbôwn H2810 device
- מחשבה machăshâbâh H4284 thought
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Hashabiah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 6:45; 9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2 Chr. 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief priests in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:24). (7.) A chief of the Levites (Neh. 12:24). (8.) Ezra 8:19. (9.) Neh. 3:17.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(whom God regards).
+ A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) + Another Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14) + The fourth of the six sons of Jeduthun, (1 Chronicles 25:3) who had charge of the twelfth course. ver. 19. (B.C. 1014.) + One of the descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath- (1 Chronicles 26:30) + The son of Kemuel, who was prince of the tribe of Levi in the time of David (1 Chronicles 27:17) (B.C. 1014.) + A Levite one of the "chiefs" of his tribe, who officiated for King Josiah at his great Passover feast. (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 623). + A Merarite Levite who accompanied Ezra from Babylon. (Ezra 8:19) + One of the chiefs of the priests who formed part of the same caravan. (Ezra 8:24) (B.C. 536.) + Ruler of half the circuit or environs of Keilah; he repaired a portion of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:17) (B.C. 446.) + One of the Levites who sealed the covenant of reformation after the return from the captivity. (Nehemiah 10:11; 12:24) comp. Nehe 12:26 (B.C. 446-410.) + Another Levite, son of Bunni. (Nehemiah 11:15) + A Levite, son of Mattaniah. (Nehemiah 11:22) + A priest of the family of Hilkiah in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:21)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the estimation of the Lord
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 9 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 15 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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