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bē´bā̇-ı̄, beb´a-ı̄ (בּבי, beÌ„bhay; Septuagint ΒηβαιÌ, BeÌ„baıÌ, “fatherlyâ€):
(1) Descendants of B: returned with Ezra to Jerusalem ( called Babi; 1 Esdras 8:37); one of these is Zechariah, the son of Bebai (, Zaeharias; 1 Esdras 8:37). 623 returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (; 1 Esdras 5:13; gives the number 628); some of these had married “strange wives†(; 1 Esdras 9:29).
(2) A chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah ().
(3) An unknown town (Judith 15:4). Omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 ad)