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Besai
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a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
a despising; dirty
a despising; dirty
Hebrew
Strongs #01153: yob B@cay
Besai = "my treading"1) a temple slave (or group of slaves) who returned with Zerubbabel
1153 Bcay bes-ah'-ee
from 947; domineering; Besai, one of the Nethinim:-Besai.see HEBREW for 0947
BESAI [SMITH]
(sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52)BESAI [ISBE]
BESAI - be'-si (becay, "downtrodden"): The descendants of Besai (Nethinim) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:49; Neh 7:52 = Basthai, 1 Esdras 5:31).