bav´ā̇ -ı̄ ( בּוּי , bawway ; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Βενεί , Beneı́ ; Codex Vaticanus, Βεδεί , Bedeı́ ; the King James Version Bavai , "wisher" (?) (Nehemiah 3:18 )): Perhaps identical with or a brother of Binnui (Nehemiah 3:24 ). 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 (Nehemiah 3:17 f).
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