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BIGVAI

(Heb. bigway)

1. A leader of the postexilic community who returned from Exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2 = Neh. 7:7; cf. 1 Esdr. 5:8). This is possibly the same person who later sealed Ezra’s covenant to keep the law (Neh. 10:16[MT 17]). In the Elephantine Papyri (30.1; 32.1) the name Bagohi (Aram. bgwhy) appears, referring to a governor of Judah (410-407 b.c.e.).

2. A large family group (“sons of Bigvai”) who returned to Palestine with Zerubbabel after the Exile (Ezra 2:14, 2056 members; Neh. 7:19, 2067; 1 Esdr. 5:14, 2066). It is also the name of a smaller family group (70 members) who returned later with Ezra, led by Uthai and Zakkur (Ezra 8:14; cf. 1 Esdr. 8:40, Uthai son of Istalcurus).

Monica L. W. Brady






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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