Besai

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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]

Be'sa-i. (Sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:49;  Nehemiah 7:52.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

Besai . Nethinim who returned with Zerub. (  Ezra 2:49 ,   Nehemiah 7:52; = Basthai , 1Es 5:31 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]

Ancestor of some Nethinim, who returned from exile.  Ezra 2:49;  Nehemiah 7:52 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [4]

 Ezra 2:49;  Nehemiah 7:52.

Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

 Ezra 2:49

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]

(Heb. Besay', בֵּסִי , Subjugator, from בּוּס ; or, according to Bohlen, from Sanscrit Bagaya, Victory; Sept. Βασί , and Βησί v. r. Βησεί ), one of the family-heads of the Nethinim whose posterity returned from Babylon ( Ezra 2:49;  Nehemiah 7:52). B.C. ante 536.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

bē´sı̄ ( בּסי , bēṣay , "downtrodden"): The descendants of Besai (Nethinim) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem ( Ezra 2:49;  Nehemiah 7:52 = Basthai, 1 Esdras 5:31).

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