Strong's Hebrew · H1209

H1209 Bêtsay

בֵּצַי

bay-tsah'-ee

Bezai

Looking for Greek G1209 déchomai? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1209. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

Bêtsay appears 3 times in Scripture, in Ezra 2:17, Nehemiah 7:23 and Nehemiah 10:18. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Betsai, the name of two Israelites

In the King James Version

Bezai.

Derivation

perhaps the same as H1153 (בְּסַי);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Ezra 2:17

“the descendants of Bezai, 323;”

Nehemiah 10:18

“Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,”

Nehemiah 7:23

“the descendants of Bezai, 324;”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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