Strong H1229בַּקְבֻּקְיָה
Bakbukiah
- Transliteration
- baqbûqyâh
- Pronunciation
- bak-book-yaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Bakbukiah = "wasting of Jehovah"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.11.17
In the biblical story
Bakbukiah
A Levite who served in Jerusalem after the exile.
Bakbukiah was a Levite who held leadership roles in Jerusalem after the exile.
In the Bible
Strong H1229 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bakbukiah3
First verses
- Nehemiah 11:17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
- Nehemiah 12:9Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.