Saphatias saf-a-ti'-as (Saphatias, Codex Vaticanus Sophotias; omitted in Codex Alexandrinus): Name of a family of returning exiles (Ezra 8:34) = "Shephatiah" in Ezra 8:8. If Saphatias (Ezra 8:34) = Saphat (Ezra 5:9), as would appear, then part of the family went up with Zerubbabel and part with Ezra.