Bigva (2)
Bigva
(Heb. Bigvay’, , perhaps from Chald. , husbandman; comp. Pers. and Syr. bagh, a garden; or i. q. Pers. , Herod. 3:128; according to Bohlen, from Sanscrit bagi, happy; according to First, for : , son of the nation, i. q. citizen; Sept. , , v, v, and v), the head of one of the families of Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, B.C. 536 (Ezr 2:2; Neh 7:7), with a large number of his retainers (computed at 2056 in Ezr 2:14 in Neh 7:19), besides 72 males subsequently under Ezra (Ezr 8:14), B.C. 459. He (if the same) subscribed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh 10:16). B.C. 410.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bigva (2)
(Heb. Bigvay’, , perhaps from Chald. , husbandman; comp. Pers. and Syr. bagh, a garden; or i. q. Pers. , Herod. 3:128; according to Bohlen, from Sanscrit bagi, happy; according to First, for : , son of the nation, i. q. citizen; Sept. , , v, v, and v), the head of one of the families of Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, B.C. 536 (Ezr 2:2; Neh 7:7), with a large number of his retainers (computed at 2056 in Ezr 2:14 in Neh 7:19), besides 72 males subsequently under Ezra (Ezr 8:14), B.C. 459. He (if the same) subscribed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh 10:16). B.C. 410.