International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bavvai

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bavvai


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bav´ā̇-ı̄ (בּוּי, bawway; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Βενεί, Beneı́; Codex Vaticanus, Βεδεί, Bedeı́; the King James Version Bavai, “wisher” (?) ()): Perhaps identical with or a brother of Binnui (). See BINNUI. Bavvai, “the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah,” was of a Levitical family. He is mentioned as one of those who repaired the wall of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon ( f).