Bevay בֵּבַי

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Bevay
בֵּבַי
Transliterationbevay
Strong's numberH893 (H0893G, H0893H, H0893I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossBebai
Occurrences6 in 5 verses
Most frequent inEzra (3)

Bevay (Hebrew בֵּבַי, Strong's H893) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Bebai”. It occurs 6 times.

Definition

H0893G: Bebai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.11
§ Bebai = "my cavities"
a leader of the returning exiles

H0893H: Bebai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.11b;
father of: Zechariah (H2148R)
§ Bebai = "my cavities"
a leader of the returning exiles

H0893I: Bebai

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.15
§ Bebai = "my cavities"
a leader of the returning exiles

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbebai (6)
BSBbebai (6)

Verses

Every verse with Bevay, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Ezra

Nehemiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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