Bukki

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Bukki . 1 . Son of Jogli, a prince of the tribe of Dan, and one of the ten men entrusted with the task of dividing the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel (  Numbers 34:22 ). 2 . Son of Abishua and father of Uzzi, fifth in descent from Aaron in the line of the high priests through Phinehas (  1 Chronicles 6:6;   1 Chronicles 6:51 ,   Ezra 7:4 ). In 1E  Esther 8:2 he is called Boccas , for which Borith is substituted in   Esther 1:2  Esther 1:2 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Buk'ki. (Wasting).

1. Son of Abishua and father of Uzzi, fifth from Aaron, in the line of the high priests in  1 Chronicles 6:5;  1 Chronicles 6:5;  1 Chronicles 6:51. (Authorized Version), and in the genealogy of Ezra.  Ezra 7:4.

2. Son of Jogli, prince of the tribe of Dan, one of the ten men chosen to apportion the land of Canaan between the tribes.  Numbers 34:22.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Abishua's son; father of Uzzi; fifth in the high priestly line through Eleazar from Aaron ( 1 Chronicles 6:5;  1 Chronicles 6:51). Abishua seems to have had the high priesthood; but Bukki not so, the office having passed to the house of Ithamar, until Zadok, of the family of Eleazar, was made high priest in David's reign.

2. Son of Jogli, and prince of Dan, one of the ten chosen to divide Canaan among the tribes ( Numbers 34:22).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Abishua, descendant of Aaron.  1 Chronicles 6:5,51;  Ezra 7:4 .

2. Son of Jogli of the tribe of Dan, one of those chosen to apportion the land.  Numbers 34:22 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Numbers 34:22 2 1 Chronicles 6:51 Ezra 7:4

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Bukki', בֻּקַּי , Waster, otherwise a contracted form of Bukkiah ) , the name of two men.

1. (Sept. Βοκκί v.. r. Βακχίρ .) Son of Jogli and "prince" of the tribe of Dan, appointed by Moses as one of the commissioners to partition the land of Palestine ( Numbers 34:22). B.C. 1618.

2. (Sept. Βωκαί v. r. Βοκκί . ) Son of Abishua and father of Uzzi, being great-great-grandson of Aaron ( 1 Chronicles 6:5;  1 Chronicles 6:51). B.C. cir. 1450. Compare the genealogy of Ezra (7. 4, Sept. Βοκκί ) and the apocryphal Boccas ( 1 Esdras 8:2) or Borith ( 2 Esdras 1:2). Epiphanius, in his list of the ancestors of Jehoiada, whom he fancifully supposes to be brother of Elijah the Tishbite, omits both Bukki and Abishua ( Advers. Melchizedec, 3). Josephus (Ant. 8, 1, 3) expressly says that all of Aaron's line between Joseph (Abishua) the high-priest, and Zadok, who was made high-priest in the reign of David, were private persons ( Ἰδιωτεύσαντες ) , I.E. not high- priests, and mentions by name "Bukki ( Βοκκίας ) , the son of Joseph the high-priest, as the first of those who lived a private life, while the pontifical dignity was in the house of Ithamar. But elsewhere ( Ant. v. 11, 5) he says as expressly that Abishua (there called Abiezer), having received the high- priesthood from his father Phinehas, transmitted it to his own son Bukki ( Βουκί ), who was succeeded by Uzzi, after whom it passed to Eli. We may conclude therefore that Josephus had no more means of knowing for certain who were high-priests between Phinehas and Eli than we have, and may adopt the opinion that those named in the scriptural lists are given as making up the succession during this interval. For an account of the absurd fancies of the Jews, and the statements of Christian writers relative to the succession of the high-priests at this period, see Selden, De Success. in Pontiff. Hebr.; Hervey, Genealog. of our Lord, ch. 10. (See High- Priest).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

buk´ı̄ ( בּקּי , buḳḳı̄ , "mouth of Jah"):

(1) A D anite, son of the tribal prince Jogli ( Numbers 34:22 ); he was one of the representative chiefs who assisted in the division of the land.

(2) Son of Abishua and father of Izzi, a priest, fourth in descent from Aaron, in the line of Eleazar ( 1 Chronicles 6:5 ,  1 Chronicles 6:51 ), and ancestor of Ezra ( Ezra 7:4 ). In 2 Esdras 1:2 the name appears as Borith, and in 1 Esdras 8:2 as Boccas.