Bigvai

Judahite leader who sealed the covenant

A written article for Bigvai is still to come. Below and alongside: where Bigvai appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 500 BC
    400 BC
  • Bigvai
    c. 450 BC

Original word

  • בִּגְוַי bigvai
    H902
Citations
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Where Bigvai appears in Scripture

Ezra 2

אֲשֶׁר-בָּאוּ עִם-זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָה רְֽעֵלָיָה מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפָּר בִּגְוַי רְחוּם בַּֽעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
2
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם חֲמִשִּׁים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה׃
14
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

Ezra 8

וּמִבְּנֵי בִגְוַי עוּתַי ‫(וזבוד)‬ וְזַכּוּר וְעִמּוֹ שִׁבְעִים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃
14
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

Nehemiah 7

הַבָּאִים עִם-זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה עֲזַרְיָה רַֽעַמְיָה נַֽחֲמָנִי מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפֶּרֶת בִּגְוַי נְחוּם בַּֽעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
7
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;
בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם שִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃
19
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

Nehemiah 10

אֲדֹֽנִיָּה בִגְוַי עָדִֽין׃
16
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,