# H2252 חֲבַיָּה

חֲבַיָּה (Chăbayâh), Strong’s H2252: Chabajah, an Israelite KJV: Habaiah.. Occurs 2 times.

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*Chăbayâh* — Chabajah, an Israelite

KJV: Habaiah.

Built from [חָבָה châbâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H2247) (to secrete) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has hidden”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֲבַיָה n.pr.m. head of a priestly family

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 2:61](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=61) — Of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, and the children of Barzillai, who…
- [Nehemiah 7:63](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=63) — Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the…