Topic
Bezai
4 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 2:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Head of a Jewish family, which retumed from Babylon
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
- Nehemiah 7:23Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Head of a Jewish family, which retumed from Babylon
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
- Nehemiah 10:18Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A family that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
- 1 Esdras 5:16ISBE
The sons of Ananias, an hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty two: and the sons of Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Azephurith, an hundred and two:
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
be'-za-i (betsay, "shining"(?)):
(1) A chief who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Ne 10:18).
(2) The descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (323, Ezr 2:17; 324, Ne 7:23 = Bassai, 1 Esdras 5:16).
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.