Sherebiah

flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem ( Ezra 8:17 Ezra 8:18 Ezra 8:24-30 ; Nehemiah 8:7 ; Nehemiah 9:4 Nehemiah 9:5 ; 10:12 ).

singing with the Lord

(heat of Jehovah ) a Levite in the time of Ezra. ( Ezra 8:18 Ezra 8:24 ) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him. ( Nehemiah 8:7 ) He signed the covenant with Nehemiah. ( Nehemiah 10:12 )

SHEREBIAH

sher-e-bi'-a, she-reb'-ya (sherebhyah, "God has sent burning heat"(?); the form is doubtful):

A post-exilic priest and family. Sherebiah, who joined Ezra at the river Ahava (Ezra 8:18; the Septuagint omits), and had charge, along with eleven others, of the silver and gold and vessels for the Temple (Ezra 8:24, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Saraia, Lucian, Sarabias). He aided in the exposition of the Law (Nehemiah 8:7), was among those who made public confession (Nehemiah 9:4) and sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:12)). His name also appears in Nehemiah 12:8,24. In every passage listed above except 10:12 (13), Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus read Sarabia, Lucian, Sarabias. In 1 Esdras 8:47 the name appears as "Asebebia," the Revised Version (British and American) "Asebebias"; in 1 Esdras 8:54, "Esebrias," the Revised Version (British and American) "Eserebias," and 1 Esdras 9:48, "Sarabias." Many of the companion-names on the lists are plainly ethnic (Cheyne).

Horace J. Wolf