Besai
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Ezra 2:49
Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
BESAI . Nethinim who returned with Zerub. ( Ezra 2:49 , Nehemiah 7:52; = Basthai , 1Es 5:31 ).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
Ancestor of some Nethinim, who returned from exile. Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52 .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]
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 [7]
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 [8]
(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
- ↑ Besai from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Besai from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Besai from Hitchcock's Bible Names
- ↑ Besai from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Besai from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Besai from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Besai from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Besai from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
