Reference: Bebai

Sons of (Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16; 10:15).

1. The eponym of a family of returning exiles (Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16; 10:15,1Es 5:13; 1Es 9:29). 2. An unknown locality mentioned only in Jdt 15:4.

Be'bai

Two or three whose descendants returned from exile. Ezr 2:11; 8:11; 10:28; Ne 7:16. And one who sealed the covenant. Ne 10:15.

Beb'a-i

(fatherly).

1. "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel,

Ezr 2:11; Ne 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.

Ne 10:15

2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.