HebrewH0902Proper Noun (Masculine)

בִּגְוַי

big.vay

5Occurrences
H0902Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bigvai, an Israelite

probably of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בִּגְוַי appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
3
Nehemiah
2

Key Passages

Ezra 2:2BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

Ezra 2:14BSB

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;

Ezra 8:14BSB

and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.

Nehemiah 7:7BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

Nehemiah 7:19BSB

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

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