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Person Old Testament

Hashabiah

Hashabiah was a priest who served during the time of Nehemiah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 12:21.

Why it matters. A priest during the time of Nehemiah.

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2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Hashabiah

Hashabiah was a priest who served during the time of Nehemiah. He is mentioned in the list of priests who were heads of their fathers' houses. This suggests that Hashabiah was a leader among the priests and had significant responsibilities in the religious life of the community. No other information is provided about this Hashabiah in the Bible. (Neh.12.21).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.