Bezai

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:17 Nehemiah 10:18

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BEZAI 1 . One of those who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:18 ). 2 . The eponym of a family that returned with Zerub. ( Ezra 2:17 , Nehemiah 7:23 ) = Bassai of 1Es 5:16 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One whose descendants returned from exile, and one who sealed the covenant. Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23; Nehemiah 10:18 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Be'za-i. (conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23; Nehemiah 10:18.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bē´zā̇ -ı̄ ( בּצי , bēcay , "shining"(?)):

(1) A chief who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:18 ).

(2) The descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (323, Ezra 2:17; 324, Nehemiah 7:23 = Bassai, 1 Esdras 5:16).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Betsay', בֵּצָי , probably the same name as BESAI; Sept. Βασσού, Βασί, and Βησεί, v. r. Βασσής, Βεσεϊ v, and Βησί ), the head of one of the families who returned from the Babylonian captivity to the number of 324, including himself ( Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23). B.C. 536. He was perhaps one of those that sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:18). B.C. 410.