Strong H9023 sensesבִּגְוַי

Bigvai

Transliteration
bigvay
Pronunciation
big-vah'ee

Meaning of the name

Bigvai = "in my bodies"

The 3 senses of Strong H902

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H902 appears in 6 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Ancestor of exiles who returned to JerusalemH902H3 verses · Ezra, Nehemiah
  2. Leader who returned from Babylonian exileH902G2 verses · Ezra, Nehemiah
  3. Judahite leader who sealed the covenantH902I1 verse · Nehemiah

General definition

Probably of foreign origin;
{Bigvai} an Israelite: - Bigvai.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • bigvai6

First verses

  1. Ezra 2:2
    Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
  2. Ezra 2:14
    The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
  3. Ezra 8:14
    Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
  4. Nehemiah 7:7
    Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
  5. Nehemiah 7:19
    The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
  6. Nehemiah 10:16
    Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,