Strong H1153בֵּסַי

Besai

Transliteration
besay
Pronunciation
bes-ah'-ee
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H947; domineering;
{Besai} one of the Nethinim: - Besai.

Meaning of the name

Besai = "my treading"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.49

In the biblical story

Besai

Ancestor of temple servants who returned from exile

Besai was an ancestor of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity.

In the Bible

Strong H1153 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • besai2

First verses

  1. Ezra 2:49
    The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
  2. Nehemiah 7:52
    The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
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