Bebai
Bebai
the name of one or two men, and a place. 1. (Heb. Bebay’, , from the Pehlvi bab, father;
1. Sept. v, v, , and ), the head of one of the families that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (B.C. 536) to the number of 623 (Ezr 2:11; 1Es 5:13), or 628 by a different mode of reckoning (Neh 7:16), of whom his son Zechariah, with 28 males, returned (B.C. 459) under Ezra (Ezr 8:11; 1Es 8:37). Several other of his sons are mentioned in chap. 10:28. He (if the same) subscribed to the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Ezr 10:15). B.C. 410. Four of this family had taken foreign wives (Neh 10:28; 1Es 9:29).
2. (Alex. , Vat. omits; Vulg. omits). A place named only in Jdt 15:4. It is, perhaps, a mere repetition of the name CHOBAI SEE CHOBAI (q.v.), occurring next to it.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bebai
Sons of (Ezr 2:11; Ezr 8:11; Ezr 10:28; Neh 7:16; Neh 10:15).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Bebai
BEBAI.1. The eponym of a family of returning exiles (Ezr 2:11; Ezr 8:11; Ezr 10:28, Neh 7:16; Neh 10:15, 1Es 5:13; 1Es 9:29). 2. An unknown locality mentioned only in Jdt 15:4.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Bebai
beba-, beba- (, bebhay; Septuagint , Beba, 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; Neh 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 (Neh 10:15).
(3) An unknown town (Judith 15:4). Omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Vulgate (Jerome’s Latin Bible, 390-405 ad)
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Bebai
[Be’bai]
Two or three whose descendants returned from exile. Ezr 2:11; Ezr 8:11; Ezr 10:28; Neh 7:16. And one who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:15.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bebai
H893
The name of three Jews whose descendants came from exile.
Ezr 2:11; Ezr 8:11; Ezr 10:28; Neh 7:16; Neh 10:15
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bebai
Beb’a-i. (fatherly).
1. “Sons of Bebai,” 623 Neh 6:28 in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, Deu 2:11; Neh 7:16. (B.C. 536), and at a later period, twenty-eight more, under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. Ezr 8:11. Four of this family had taken foreign wives. Ezr 10:28. The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. Neh 10:15.
2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.