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HebrewH0893Proper Noun (Masculine)

בֵּבַי

be.vay

4Occurrences
H0893Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bebai, an Israelite

probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Bebai = "my cavities" a leader of the returning exiles

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בֵּבַי appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
3
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Ezra 10:28BSB

From the descendants of Bebai:Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

Ezra 2:11BSB

the descendants of Bebai, 623;

Ezra 8:11BSB

from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him 28 men;

Nehemiah 7:16BSB

the descendants of Bebai, 628;

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