Zabbai in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Zabbai, zab'–bai (Heb.)-- washed; cleansed; clean; clear; limpid; pure; innocent. a One of the sons of Bebai. He had taken a foreign wife, but agreed to give her up when his error was made clear to him by Ezra (Ezra 10:28). b The father of a Jewish man named Baruch, who helped to repair the wall of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity (Neh. 3:20). Meta. Thoughts belonging to the high, spiritual phase of consciousness in man (Israelites), which tend to purity and Truth (washed, cleansed, clean, pure) and to clearness of comprehension (limpid, clear).