Hebrew word · H1084

בִּלְגַּי

vilgai

Bilgai

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.8; also called Bilgai at Neh.10.8;

Another name of bil.gah (בִּלְגָּה "Bilgah" H1083H)

§ Bilgai = "my cheerfulness"

a priest who covenanted with Nehemiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 10:8 בִלְגַּ֖י Bilgai

    Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.

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