Metaphysical meaning of Zabbai (mbd)
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).
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