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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Bayyai

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

In the days of Nehcniiali, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, rebuilt a portion of the wall of Jerusalem, on the south-east of the city. He was of a Levitical family {their brethren, cf. v.") In v." he appears as Binnui the son of Henadad, and this is probably the correct form (Smend, Listen, p. 12). In LXX Be«i A, B(dtl B. H. A. White. BAY BAY, the colour, occurs Zee 6»- '. See COLOURS. 'Bay' of the »ea, Jos 15»-* 18" {Ids/ujn, lit.

' tongue ') ; and RV turns ' creek ' irto ' bay ' Ac 27"' («4Xto«, ' bosom," ' lap '). J. Hastings.

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