Bigvai
בִּגְוַיStrong’s H0902bigvay (big-vay)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bigvay is the Hebrew word usually translated “bigvai”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.14
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.16
How it's translated
- bigvai 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 3
- Nehemiah 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 2:14The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
- Ezra 8:14Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
- Nehemiah 7:7Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
- Nehemiah 7:19The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
- Nehemiah 10:16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Hebrew dictionary
בִּגְוַי bigvay · Bigvai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2 § Bigvai = "in my bodies" an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family
בִּגְוַי bigvay · Bigvai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.14 § Bigvai = "in my bodies" an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family
בִּגְוַי bigvay · Bigvai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.16 § Bigvai = "in my bodies" an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.