- גַּבָּאוּת
- גַּבָּיוּת, גַּבָּאוּתf. (גבי) collectorship, office of גַּבַּאי. Y.Dem.II, 23a top יצא מגַּבָּיוּתוֹ (not מגבייתו); Tosef. ib. III, 4 פירש מגביותו (ed. Zuck. ייתו …, some ed. מגַּבָּאוּתוֹ) as soon as he has resigned his office as (Roman) tax-collector.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.