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Bakbukiah
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a Levite worship leader who lead a group from the exile
Hebrew
Strongs #01229: hykbqb Baqbukyah
Bakbukiah = "wasting of Jehovah"1) a Levite in the time of Nehemiah
1229 Baqbukyah bak-book-yaw'
from 1228 and 3050; emptying (i.e. wasting) of Jah;Bakbukjah, an Israelite:-Bakbukiah.
see HEBREW for 01228
see HEBREW for 03050
BAKBUKIAH [SMITH]
(wasting of Jehovah), a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9) (B.C. before 536.)BAKBUKIAH [ISBE]
BAKBUKIAH - bak-bu-ki'-a baqbuqyah, "the Lord pours out"):(1) A Levite who "dwelt in Jerusalem" after the return from Babylon (Neh 11:17).
(2) A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Neh 12:9).
(3) A Levite and porter keeping "the watch at the store-houses of the gates" (Neh 12:25).