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He is recognized as a Levite who played a significant role in the religious and communal life of the Jewish people during the time of their return from Babylonian exile.<br><br><b>Lineage and Role:</b><br><br>Sherebiah is identified as a Levite, a member of the tribe set apart for religious duties and service in the Temple. The Levites were responsible for assisting the priests, maintaining the sanctuary, and leading the people in worship. Sherebiah's lineage is not extensively detailed, but his association with the Levites underscores his importance in the religious hierarchy of the time.<br><br><b>Involvement in the Return from Exile:</b><br><br>Sherebiah is first mentioned in the book of Ezra, where he is listed among those who returned with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem. <a href="/ezra/8-18.htm">Ezra 8:18</a> states, "And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers—18 men." This passage highlights Sherebiah's wisdom and leadership qualities, as he was chosen to accompany Ezra on this significant journey.<br><br><b>Role in Religious Reforms:</b><br><br>Upon returning to Jerusalem, Sherebiah took an active role in the religious reforms initiated by Ezra. He was instrumental in teaching the Law to the people, a crucial task as the community sought to reestablish their identity and covenant relationship with God. <a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a> records, "The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places." This involvement underscores Sherebiah's dedication to ensuring that the people understood and adhered to the Law of Moses.<br><br><b>Participation in the Dedication of the Wall:</b><br><br>Sherebiah also participated in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, a significant event that symbolized the restoration and protection of the city. <a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a> mentions him in the context of the Levites who were responsible for the songs of thanksgiving and praise during the dedication ceremony: "And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God."<br><br><b>Significance:</b><br><br>Sherebiah's contributions to the spiritual and communal life of the post-exilic Jewish community highlight the essential role of the Levites in guiding and instructing the people. His involvement in teaching the Law and participating in significant religious ceremonies reflects the broader efforts to restore and maintain the covenant relationship between God and His people during a pivotal time in Israel's history.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sherebiah</span><p>singing with the Lord<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Sherebiah</span><p>(<i>heat of Jehovah</i>) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (<a href="/ezra/8-18.htm">Ezra 8:18,24</a>) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him. (<a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a>) He signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (<a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a>)<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem (<a href="/ezra/8-17.htm">Ezra 8:17</a>, 18, 24-30; <a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">9:4</a>, 5; <a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">10:12</a>). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHEREBIAH</span><p>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 (<a href="/ezra/8-18.htm">Ezra 8:18</a>; the Septuagint omits), and had charge, along with eleven others, of the silver and gold and vessels for the Temple (<a href="/ezra/8-24.htm">Ezra 8:24</a>, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Saraia, Lucian, Sarabias). He aided in the exposition of the Law (<a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a>), was among those who made public confession (<a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4</a>) and sealed the covenant (<a href="/nehemiah/10-12/(13.htm">Nehemiah 10:12 (13</a>)). His name also appears in <a href="/nehemiah/12-8.htm">Nehemiah 12:8, 24</a>. 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).<br><br>Horace J. Wolf<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8274.htm"><span class="l">8274. Sherebeyah -- "Yah has sent burning heat," an Israelite name</span></a><br><b>...</b> "Yah has sent burning heat," an Israelite name. Transliteration: Sherebeyah Phonetic<br> Spelling: (shay-rayb-yaw') Short Definition: <b>Sherebiah</b>. <b>...</b> <b>Sherebiah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8274.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/reading_the_law_with_tears.htm"><span class="l">Reading the Law with Tears and Joy</span></a> <br><b>...</b> lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with<br> their faces to the ground.7. Also Jeshua, and Bani, and <b>Sherebiah</b>, Jemin, Akkub <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/reading the law with tears.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sherebiah</b> (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 12). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>SHEREBIAH</b>. sher <b>...</b> Cheyne). Horace J. Wolf.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Sherebiah</b> (8 Occurrences). Ezra <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sherebiah.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sherebiah's</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Sherebiah's</b> (1 Occurrence). Ezra 8:18 And according<br> to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sherebiah's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sherebi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Sherebi'ah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Sherebi'ah. <b>Sherebiah</b>, Sherebi'ah. <b>Sherebiah's</b> . Multi-Version Concordance<br> Sherebi'ah (8 Occurrences). Ezra 8:18 And according to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sherebi'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kad'mi-el.htm"><span class="l">Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br> Shebaniah, Bunni, <b>Sherebiah</b>, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kad'mi-el.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kadmiel.htm"><span class="l">Kadmiel (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br> Shebaniah, Bunni, <b>Sherebiah</b>, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kadmiel.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bani.htm"><span class="l">Bani (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and <b>Sherebiah</b>, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah,<br> Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bani.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shebaniah.htm"><span class="l">Shebaniah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br> Shebaniah, Bunni, <b>Sherebiah</b>, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shebaniah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shebani'ah.htm"><span class="l">Shebani'ah (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,<br> Shebaniah, Bunni, <b>Sherebiah</b>, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shebani'ah.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jeshua.htm"><span class="l">Jeshua (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and <b>Sherebiah</b>, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah,<br> Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jeshua.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/associates.htm"><span class="l">Associates (26 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (See NIV). Nehemiah 12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, <b>Sherebiah</b>,<br> Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/associates.htm - 14k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sherebiah (8 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/8-18.htm">Ezra 8:18</a></span><br />According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/8-24.htm">Ezra 8:24</a></span><br />Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm">Nehemiah 8:7</a></span><br />Also Jeshua, and Bani, and <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-4.htm">Nehemiah 9:4</a></span><br />Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/9-5.htm">Nehemiah 9:5</a></span><br />Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/10-12.htm">Nehemiah 10:12</a></span><br />Zaccur, <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Shebaniah,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-8.htm">Nehemiah 12:8</a></span><br />Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a></span><br />The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, <span class="boldtext">Sherebiah</span>, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah.htm">Sherebiah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sherebiah--a_levite_assistant_to_ezra.htm">Sherebiah: A Levite Assistant to Ezra</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/sherebiah--a_levite_who_sealed_the_covenant_with_nehemiah.htm">Sherebiah: A Levite Who Sealed the Covenant With Nehemiah</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah.htm">Sherebiah (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sherebiah's.htm">Sherebiah's (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/sherds.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Sherds"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Sherds" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/sherebi'ah.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sherebi'ah"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sherebi'ah" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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