Besai
בֵּסַיStrong’s H1153besay (be-say)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Besay is the Hebrew word usually translated “besai”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49
How it's translated
- besai 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בֵּסַי besay · Besai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49 § Besai = "my treading" a temple slave (or group of slaves) who returned with Zerubbabel
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.