Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #902 - בִּגְוַי Bigvay (perhaps "happy")

Original Word:	בִּגְוַי
Transliteration:	Bigvay
Definition:	perhaps "happy", an Israelite name
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(big-vah'ee)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Bigvai

Probably of foreign origin; Bigvai, an Israelite -- Bigvai.

Englishman's Concordance

Bigvai=“in my bodies”
1) an exile who returned under Zerubbabel, perhaps the head of a family
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of foreign origin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בִּגְוַיproper name, masculine (compare Sanskrit bhagavân, happy) ?)

1a companion of ZerubbabelEzra 2:2=Nehemiah 7:7; perhaps=head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:14 (בִּגְוָ֑י)=Nehemiah 7:19, compare Ezra 8:14.

2a chief of the people in Nehemiah's timeNehemiah 10:17; compare Sm^{Listen 13}.

בִּגְלַל see גלל. p. 164 ff

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 902. בִּגְוָי (Bigvay) — 6 Occurrences

Ezra 2:2
HEB:בִּלְשָׁ֛ן מִסְפָּ֥ר בִּגְוַ֖י רְח֣וּם בַּעֲנָ֑ה
NAS: Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum
KJV: Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum,
INT: Bilshan Mispar Bigvai Rehum Baanah

Ezra 2:14
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י בִגְוָ֔י אַלְפַּ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
NAS: the sons of Bigvai, 2,056;
KJV: The children of Bigvai, two thousand
INT: the children of Bigvai thousand fifty

Ezra 8:14
HEB: וּמִבְּנֵ֥י בִגְוַ֖י עוּתַ֣י [וְזָבוּד
NAS: and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai
KJV: Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai,
INT: of the sons of Bigvai Uthai Zabbud

Nehemiah 7:7
HEB:בִּלְשָׁ֛ן מִסְפֶּ֥רֶת בִּגְוַ֖י נְח֣וּם בַּעֲנָ֑ה
NAS: Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,
KJV: Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum,
INT: Bilshan Mispereth Bigvai Nehum Baanah

Nehemiah 7:19
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י בִגְוָ֔י אַלְפַּ֖יִם שִׁשִּׁ֥ים
NAS: the sons of Bigvai, 2,067;
KJV: The children of Bigvai, two thousand
INT: the children of Bigvai thousand threescore

Nehemiah 10:16
HEB: אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה בִגְוַ֖י עָדִֽין׃
NAS: Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
KJV: Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
INT: Adonijah Bigvai Adin

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