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HebrewH1229Proper Noun (Masculine)

בַּקְבֻּקְיָה

baq.buq.yah

3Occurrences
H1229Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bakbukjah, an Israelite

from H1228 (בַּקְבֻּק)xlit baqbûk corrected to baqbuq and H3050 (יָהּ); emptying (i.e. wasting) of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Bakbukiah = "wasting of Jehovah" a Levite in the time of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בַּקְבֻּקְיָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
3

Key Passages

Nehemiah 11:17BSB

Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:9BSB

Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.

Nehemiah 12:25BSB

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.