Dict: smith - BEBAI

smith:

BEBAI - B>@ - (fatherly). "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe kjv@6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, (2:11; kjv@Nehemiah:7:16) (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:11) Four of this family had taken foreign wives. kjv@Ezra:10:28) The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. kjv@Nehemiah:10:15) Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.