Topic
Bebai
10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 8:11Smith · ISBE · Nave The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile
And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
- Ezra 10:28Smith · ISBE · Nave The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile
Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
- Nehemiah 7:16Smith · ISBE · Nave The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
- Nehemiah 10:15Smith · ISBE · Nave The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
- Ezra 2:11ISBE · Nave The name of three Jews whose descendants came from the exile
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
- Nehemiah 2:11Smith
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
- Judith 15:4ISBE
Then sent Ozias to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel, such as should tell the things that were done, and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them.
- 1 Esdras 5:13ISBE
The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three: the sons of Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two:
- 1 Esdras 8:37ISBE
Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
- 1 Esdras 9:29ISBE
Of the sons of Babai; Johannes, and Ananias and Josabad, and Amatheis.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, (2:11; Nehemiah 7:16) (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:11) Four of this family had taken foreign wives. (Ezra 10:28) The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:15)
- Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
be'-ba-i, beb'-a-i (bebhay; Septuagint Bebai, "fatherly"):
(1) Descendants of B: returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezr 8:11 called Babi; 1 Esdras 8:37); one of these is Zechariah, the son of Bebai (Ezr 8:11, Zaeharias; 1 Esdras 8:37). 623 returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:11; 1 Esdras 5:13; Ne 7:16 gives the number 628); some of these had married "strange wives" (Ezr 10:28; 1 Esdras 9:29).
(2) A chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Ne 10:15).
(3) An unknown town (Judith 15:4). Omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.