Bible Dictionary

Shobai

Captors (Ezra 2:42).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Captors (Ezra 2:42).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the temple, who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45) (B.C. before 536.)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SHO'BAI (taking captive), one whose children returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:42; Neh 7:45.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

turning captivity