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.

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