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Chorbe
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The head of a family in a list of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (1 Esdras 5:12). The name used in corresponding lists in Ezra 2:9 and Neh 7:14 is Zaccai.
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Chorbe
Chorbe (Χορβέ, Chorbe). The head of a family in a list of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (1 Esdras 5:12). The name used in corresponding lists in Ezra 2:9 and Neh 7:14 is Zaccai.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Chorbe (Person)
CHORBE (PERSON) [Gk Chorbe (Χορβε)]. The head of a family in a list of returnees from exile in Babylon (1 Esdr 5:12 = Ezra 5:9; Neh 7:14). This section of the list (5:9–15) identifies laymen by family relationship rather than by town of origin. 1 Esdr 5:7–46 is based on the parallel in Ezra 2:1–70 rather
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Chorbe
Chorbe kôr̀bē [Gk. Chorbe]; AV CORBE. The head of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esd. 5:12). The name apparently corresponds to Zaccai in Ezr. 2:9 and Neh. 7:14.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CHORBE
CHORBE<kor’-be> ([Χορβέ, Chorbe]; the King James Version Corbe): Head of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:12). The name apparently corresponds to Zaccai in Ezra 2:9 and Nehemiah 7:14.
The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 1, A–C
Chorbe
Chorbe kor′bee (Χορβε). The ancestor of a family that returned from the exile (1 Esd. 5:12); the parallel passages have Zaccai (Ezra 2:9; Neh. 7:14).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Volumes 1–5
Chorbe
CHORBE, kôrʹbē (Χορβέ, Chorbé; AV Corbe): Head of a family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esd 5:12). The name apparently corresponds to Zaccai in Ezr 2:9 and Neh 7:14.
The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Volumes 1–5
CHORBE
CHORBE kor´bee [Χορβε Chorbe]. A family head whose descendants returned from exile (1 Esd 5:12). See ZACCAI in Ezra 2:9 and Neh 7:14.