Baqbuqyâh — H1229

Definition

masculine proper noun

Bakbukjah, an Israelite

1. Bakbukiah = "wasting of Jehovah"
2. a Levite in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Bakbukiah

Origin

from H1228 and H3050; emptying (i.e. wasting) of Jah

• Derived from Baqbuq (H1228)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Baqbuqyâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (3)

• Nehemiah 11:17 — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah (וּבַקְבֻּקְיָ֖ה) the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
• Nehemiah 12:9 — Also Bakbukiah (וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה) and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
• Nehemiah 12:25 — Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah (וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה), Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.