Besai
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary ==
Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52.
== Holman Bible Dictionary == Ezra 2:49 == Hitchcock's Bible Names == == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==
BESAI . Nethinim who returned with Zerub. ( Ezra 2:49 , Nehemiah 7:52; = Basthai , 1Es 5:31 ).
== Morrish Bible Dictionary ==
Ancestor of some Nethinim, who returned from exile. Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52 .
== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==
Be'sa-i. (sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52.
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==
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).
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==
(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.
References
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
Cite error: <ref> tag defined in <references> has group attribute "" which does not appear in prior text.
