Bigvay — H902

Definition

masculine proper noun

Bigvai, an Israelite

1. Bigvai = "in my bodies"
2. an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family

Usually translated as

Bigvai

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Occurrences

Bigvay occurs 6 times in the King James.

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

• Ezra 2:2 — Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai (בִּגְוַ֖י), Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
• Ezra 2:14 — The children of Bigvai (בִגְוָ֔י), two thousand fifty and six.
• Ezra 8:14 — Of the sons also of Bigvai (בִגְוַ֖י); Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
• Nehemiah 7:7 — Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai (בִּגְוַ֖י), Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
• Nehemiah 7:19 — The children of Bigvai (בִגְוָ֔י), two thousand threescore and seven.
• Nehemiah 10:16 — Adonijah, Bigvai (בִגְוַ֖י), Adin,