International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sa'-bi:

(1) Codex Alexandrinus Sabei; Codex Vaticanus Tobeis, Fritzache; the King James Version, Sami): Eponym of a family of porters who returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:28) = "Shobai" in Ezra 2:42 Nehemiah 7:45.

(2) The King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) SABIE (which see).