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the name of one or two men, and a place. 1. (Heb. Bebay', áֵּáִé , from the Pehlvi bab, father;
1. Sept. âáâáú v, âçâáú v, âáâß , and âçâé ), the head of one of the families that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (B.C. 536) to the number of 623 (Ezr_2:11; 1Es_5:13), or 628 by a different mode of reckoning (Neh_7:16), of whom his son Zechariah, with 28 males, returned (B.C. 459) under Ezra (Ezr_8:11; 1Es_8:37). Several other of his sons are mentioned in chap. 10:28. He (if the same) subscribed to the sacred covenant with Nehemiah (Ezr_10:15). B.C. 410. Four of this family had taken foreign wives (Neh_10:28; 1Es_9:29).
2. (Alex. âçâáß , Vat. omits; Vulg. omits). A place named only in Jdt_15:4. It is, perhaps, a mere repetition of the name CHOBAI SEE CHOBAI (q.v.), occurring next to it.