Bavvai

bav´ā̇ -ı̄ ( בּוּי , bawway  ; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Βενεί , Beneı́  ; Codex Vaticanus, Βεδεί , Bedeı́  ; the King James Version Bavai , "wisher" (?) ( Nehemiah 3:18 )): Perhaps identical with or a brother of Binnui ( Nehemiah 3:24 ). See Binnui . Bavvai, "the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah," was of a Levitical family. He is mentioned as one of those who repaired the wall of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon ( Nehemiah 3:17 f).