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Bebai

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(bee' bay i) Babylonian personal name meaning, “child.” 1. Original ancestor of clan of whom 623 (Nehemiah 7:16,628 ) returned with Zerubbabel from Exile in Babylon about 537 B.C. (Ezra 2:11 ). His son, or at least a member of the clan, led 28 men from Babylon to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra 8:11 ). Members of the clan had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:28 ). 2 . Signer of Nehemiah's covenant to obey God's law (Nehemiah 10:15 ).

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Bebai'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​b/bebai.html. 1991.
 
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