BIGVAI

(Bigʹvai) [possibly, fortunate, happy].

1. Forefather of some two thousand “sons of Bigvai” who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in 537 B.C.E. (Ezra 2:14; Neh. 7:19) Later, in 468, more of his descendants made the trip with Ezra.—Ezra 8:1, 14.

2. One listed prominently among those returning to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.—Ezra 2:1, 2; Neh. 7:7.

3. One by this name, or a representative of the family group mentioned in No. 1 above, who attested to Nehemiah’s “trustworthy arrangement.”—Neh. 9:38; 10:1, 16.