Shabtai (given name)
Shabtai is a Jewish masculine name.
According to Encyclopaedia Biblica, as the name stands, it might mean one born on the Sabbath. Most probably, however, the name is a modification of the ethnic Zephathi, 'Zephathite'. A Babylonian name Šabbatâ'a has been reported from Nippur by Hilprecht.Notable people with the name Shabtai
- Shabbethai, one or more biblical figures
- Shabtai Bass, father of Jewish bibliography, and author
- Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham, Hebrew name of Bob Dylan, American singer
- Shabbethai ben Meïr ha-Kohen, the "Shach", a noted talmudist and halakhist
- Shabtai Daniel, Israeli journalist and politician
- Shabtai Horowitz, rabbi and talmudist
- Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz, kabbalistic author
- Shabtai Kalmanovich, KGB spy
- Shabtai Levy, Israeli mayor of Haifa
- Shabtai Rosenne, Israeli professor and diplomat
- Shabtai Shavit, Israeli Director General of the Mossad
- Shabtai Shikhman, Israeli politician
- Shabtai Teveth, Israeli journalist and academic
- Shabtai Zvi,, Sephardic rabbi and kabbalist who claimed to be the Jewish Messiah, gaining many adherents, until his conversion to Islam
