Sabat

Sa'bat (Σαβάτ, v.r. in Esdr. Σαφάτ and Σαφάγ), the Graecized form of three names in the Apocrypha.

1. The head of one of the families of "Solomon's servants" who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, according to 1 Esdr. 5:34;

but the Heb. lists (Ezr 2:57; Ne 7:59) have no corresponding name.

⇒Bible concordance for SABTA.

2. The Jewish month SHEBAT SEE SHEBAT (q.v.) (1 Macc. 16:14).

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.