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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1153 - בֵּסַי
Transliteration
Bᵉçay
Phonetics
bes-ah'-ee
Origin
from (H947)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Besai = "my treading"
- a temple slave (or group of slaves) who returned with Zerubbabel
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
BSB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
CSB (0)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
ESV (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
KJV (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
LEB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
LSB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
N95 (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
NAS (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
בֵּסַי proper name, masculine head of a family of Nethinim, בְּנֵיבֵֿסַי Nehemiah 7:52 = בֵֿסָ֑י׳ב Ezra 2:49.
בסר ( be too early, Arabic 
, compare Aramaic בְּסִירָה half-ripe).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
בֵּסַי [Besai], pr.n. m. Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52 perhaps i.q. בֵּצַי, and the Persic باز a sword. [“Perhaps, Sanscr. bigaya, victory; also, pr.n. Bohlen.”]
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List of Word Forms
בֵסַ֥י בֵסָֽי׃ בסי בסי׃ ḇê·say ḇê·sāy ḇêsay ḇêsāy veSai
