Bigva

Bigva

(Heb. Bigvay', בַּגְוִי , perhaps from Chald. בְּגָאִי , Husbandman; comp. Pers. and Syr. Bagh, a garden; or i. q. Pers. Βαγαῖος , Herod. 3:128; according to Bohlen, from Sanscrit bagi, happy; according to First, for : בֶּןאּגּוֹיאּבֶּןאּגְּוִי , Son Of the Nation, i. q. Citizen; Sept. Βαγουαί , Βαγουέ , Βαγουαϊ v, Βογουϊ v Α , and Βαγοϊ v ), the head of one of the families of Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, B.C. 536 ( Ezra 2:2;  Nehemiah 7:7), with a large number of his retainers (computed at 2056 in  Ezra 2:14 in  Nehemiah 7:19), besides 72 males subsequently under Ezra ( Ezra 8:14), B.C. 459. He (if the same) subscribed the covenant with Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 10:16). B.C. 410.