Hobaiah

HOBAIAH ho-ba'-ya (chobhayah, "whom Yahweh hides," i.e. "protects"):

The head of a priestly family that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. Because they could not trace their genealogy, they were not permitted to serve in the priestly office (Nehemiah 7:63). In the Qere of this passage and in the parallel list of Ezra 2:61, this name appears in the form "Habaiah" (chabhayyah). "Obdia" is the form of the word in 1 Esdras 5:38.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOBAIAH'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.