בֵּבַי
Bêbay · bay-bah'ee
Bebai, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
Bebai, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Bebai.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the house, what is within › the hand that works
The house, what is within of the house, what is within of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּבַי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bebai4 · 67%
- also of bebai1 · 17%
- bebai1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.