Word Study · Strong's H902 · Hebrew
בִּגְוַי
Bigvay
big-vah'ee
“Bigvai, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Bigvai, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Bigvai.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בִגְוַ֖י2
- בִגְוָ֔י2
- בִּגְוַ֖י2
How it is rendered · 1
- Bigvai6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)6
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- HNpm · 6
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Where this word lives
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Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 2:2בִּגְוַ֖יbigvaiproper noun (a name)accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:here: Bigvai
- Ezra 2:14בִגְוָ֔יvigvaiproper noun (a name)the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;here: Bigvai
- Ezra 8:14בִגְוַ֖יvigvaiproper noun (a name)and from the descendants of Bigvai, both Uthai and Zaccur, and with them 70 men.here: Bigvai
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:7בִּגְוַ֖יbigvaiproper noun (a name)accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:here: Bigvai
- Nehemiah 7:19בִגְוָ֔יvigvaiproper noun (a name)the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;here: Bigvai
- Nehemiah 10:16בִגְוַ֖יvigvaiproper noun (a name)Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,here: Bigvai