HebrewH1153Proper Noun (Masculine)
בֵּסַי
be.say
“Besai”
2Occurrences
H1153Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Besai, one of the Nethinim
from H947 (בּוּס); domineering;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Besai = "my treading" a temple slave (or group of slaves) who returned with Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בֵּסַי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:49BSB
the descendants of Uzza,the descendants of Paseah,the descendants of Besai,
Nehemiah 7:52BSB
the descendants of Besai,the descendants of Meunim,the descendants of Nephushesim,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.