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the name of two Levites.
1. (Heb. áּåּðַּé , Bunni', either considerate, or the same name as BINNUI; Sept. ÂïííÜ .) The great-great-grandfather of one Shemaiah, which latter was appointed an overseer of the Temple after the captivity (Neh_11:15). B.C. long ante 536.
2. (Heb.
áֻּðּé
, Bunni', built, Sept. translates
õἱüò
,
õἱïß
.) One of those who pronounced the public prayer and thanksgiving, and sealed the covenant on the return from Babylon (Neh_9:4; Neh_10:15). B.C. 410.
3. Bunni is said to have been the Jewish name of Nicodemus (Lightfoot on Joh_3:1; Ewald, Isr. Gesch. v. 233). SEE NICODEMUS.