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Strong's #893: Bebay (pronounced bay-bah'ee)

probably of foreign origin; Bebai, an Israelite:--Bebai.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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bêbay

Bebai = "my cavities"

1) a leader of the returning exiles

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: probably of foreign origin



Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Ezra 2:11: "The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three."
Ezra 8:11: "And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty"
Ezra 8:11: "And of the sons Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight"
Ezra 10:28: "Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai."
Nehemiah 7:16: "The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight."
Nehemiah 10:15: "Bunni, Bebai,"









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