Shabtai (given name)

For other uses, see Shabtai (disambiguation).

Shabtai (Sabbatai, Sabbathai, Shabbatai, Shabbethai, etc. Hebrew: שבתאי or שבתי) is a Jewish masculine name.

According to Encyclopaedia Biblica, as the name stands, it might mean one born on the Sabbath. Most probably, however, the name is a modification of the ethnic Zephathi, 'Zephathite' (=Zarephathi, 'Zarephatite'). A Babylonian name Šabbatâ'a is reported from Nippur by Hilprecht.[1]

Notable people with the name Shabtai

See also

References

  1. "SHABBETHAI". Encyclopaedia Biblica. Retrieved Jul 13, 2014.
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