Bakbukiah

== Fausset's Bible Dictionary ==

1. Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:9.

2. Nehemiah 12:25.

== Holman Bible Dictionary == Nehemiah 11:17Nehemiah 12:912:25 == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BAKBUKIAH . 1 . A Levite ( Nehemiah 11:17 ). 2 . A porter ( Nehemiah 12:25 ).

== Morrish Bible Dictionary ==

1. A leader of the temple service in the days of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 11:17 .

2. Levite who returned from exile. Nehemiah 12:9,25 .

== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==

Bakbuki'ah. (wasting of Jehovah). A Levite, in the time of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:9. (B.C. before 536).

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bak -bū̇ -kı̄´a בּקבּקיה , baḳbuḳyāh , "the Lord pours out"):

(1) A L evite who "dwelt in Jerusalem" after the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 11:17 ).

(2) A L evite who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:9 ).

(3) A L evite and porter keeping "the watch at the store-houses of the gates" (Nehemiah 12:25 ).

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Heb. Bakbukyah', בִּקְבֻּקְיָה, prob. wasting of Jehovah; Sept. Βακβακίας, βοκχείας, but other copies omit), a Levits, "second among his brethren," who dwelt at Jerusalem on the return from Babylon (Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:9; Nehemiah 12:25, where the identity is proved by the associated names). B.C. post 536.