Keraia
Glossary

Bebai (Person)

  1. An ancestor of a family that returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Ezra 2:11; 8:11; Nehemiah 7:16). Some of the members of that family were guilty of marrying foreign women (Ezra 10:28).

  2. A levitical leader of Israel who signed Ezra’s promise of faithfulness to God with Nehemiah and others after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 10:15). They may have been a member of the family of #1 above.

People and places

Bebai: Head of a family that returned from Babylonian exile Bebai: Ancestor of exiles who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem Bebai: A leader who sealed Nehemiah's covenant