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Bebai

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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bē´bā̇ -ı̄ , beb´a -ı̄ ( בּבי , bēbhay ; Septuagint Βηβαί , Bēbaı́ , "fatherly"):

(1) Descendants of B: returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:11 called Babi; 1 Esdras 8:37); one of these is Zechariah, the son of Bebai ( Ezra 8:11 , Zaeharias; 1 Esdras 8:37). 623 returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:11; 1 Esdras 5:13; Nehemiah 7:16 gives the number 628); some of these had married "strange wives" ( Ezra 10:28; 1 Esdras 9:29).

(2) A chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:15 ).

(3) An unknown town (Judith 15:4). Omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible , 390-405 ad)
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bebai'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​b/bebai.html. 1915.
 
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