Bunni
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Bunni [1]
the name of two Levites.
1. (Heb. בּוּנַּי , Bunni', either Considerate, or the same name as BINNUI; Sept. Βοννά .) The great-great-grandfather of one Shemaiah, which latter was appointed an overseer of the Temple after the captivity ( Nehemiah 11:15). B.C. long ante 536.
2. (Heb. בֻּנּי , Bunni', Built, Sept. translates Υἱός , Υἱοί .) One of those who pronounced the public prayer and thanksgiving, and sealed the covenant on the return from Babylon ( Nehemiah 9:4; Nehemiah 10:15). B.C. 410.
3. Bunni is said to have been the Jewish name of Nicodemus (Lightfoot on John 3:1; Ewald, Isr. Gesch. v. 233). (See Nicodemus).
