beba-i Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
beba-i in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fatherly). 1. "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, #Ezr, 2:11; Ne 7:16| (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. #Ezr 8:11| Four of this family had taken foreign wives. #Ezr 10:28| The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. #Ne 10:15| 2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.