Topic
Bigvai
6 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 2:2Smith · ISBE · Nave Head of Jewish family
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
- Ezra 8:14Smith · ISBE · Nave Head of Jewish family
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
- Nehemiah 7:7Smith · ISBE · Nave Head of Jewish family
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
- Nehemiah 7:19Smith · ISBE · Nave Head of Jewish family
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
- Nehemiah 10:16Smith · ISBE · Nave Head of Jewish family
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
- Ezra 2:14Smith · ISBE
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- "Children of Bigvai," 2056 (Neh. 2067) in number, returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel, (Ezra 2:14; Nehemiah 7:19) and 72 of them at a later date with Ezra. (Ezra 8:14) (B.C. 536.)
- Apparently one of the chiefs of Zerubbabel’s expedition, (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7) whose family afterwards signed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:16) (B.C. 410.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
big'-va-i (bighway; Baogei, Bagoua):
(1) The head of one of the families who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7), having a large number of his retainers (2,056, according to Ezr 2:14; 2,067, according to Ne 7:19), besides 72 males later under Ezra (Ezr 8:14).
(2) One of those who subscribed the covenant with Nehemiah (Ne 10:16).
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.