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Bezai
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Bezai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon
an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law
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an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law
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Hebrew
Strongs #01209: yub Betsay
Bezai = "conqueror"1) a chief of the returning exiles in the time of Ezra
1209 Betsay bay-tsah'-ee
perhaps the same as 1153; Betsai, the name of twoIsraelites:-Bezai.
see HEBREW for 01153
Bezai [NAVE]
BEZAI1. Head of a Jewish family, which returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:17; Neh. 7:23.
2. A family that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:18.
BEZAI [SMITH]
(conqueror). "Children of Bezai," to the number of 328, returned from captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:17; Nehemiah 7:23; 10:18)BEZAI [ISBE]
BEZAI - be'-za-i (betsay, "shining"(?)):(1) A chief who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant (Neh 10:18).
(2) The descendants of Bezai returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (323, Ezr 2:17; 324, Neh 7:23 = Bassai, 1 Esdras 5:16).