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• בֵּבַי

bē´bā̇ -ı̄ , beb´a -ı̄ ( בּבי , bēbhay ; Septuagint Βηβαί , Bēbaı́ , "fatherly"):

(1) Descendants of B: returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:11 called Babi; 1 Esdras 8:37); one of these is Zechariah, the son of Bebai ( Ezra 8:11 , Zaeharias; 1 Esdras 8:37). 623 returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:11; 1 Esdras 5:13; Nehemiah 7:16 gives the number 628); some of these had married "strange wives" ( Ezra 10:28; 1 Esdras 9:29).

(2) A chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:15 ).