בִּגְוַי

big.vayProper Noun (Masculine)H0902

Bigvai

From: probably of foreign origin;

Short Definition

Bigvai, an Israelite

Full Lexicon Entry

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § Bigvai = "in my bodies" an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family

Grammar

Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology N:N-M-P

DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

5 times

Appears 5 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Ezra
3
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

  • Ezra 2:2
  • Ezra 2:14
  • Ezra 8:14
  • Nehemiah 7:7
  • Nehemiah 7:19

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