NAVE: Bilgah Bilgai
EBD: Bilgah
SMITH: BILGAH BILGAI
ISBE: BILGAH; BILGAI
Bilgah
In Bible versions:
Bilgah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVBilgai: AVS TEV
ancient countenance
chief of a division of priests serving in David's Sanctuary
priest and leader who pledged to obey God's law
chief of a division of priests serving in David's Sanctuary
priest and leader who pledged to obey God's law
Hebrew
Strongs #01083: hglb Bilgah
Bilgah = "cheerfulness"1) a priest of the 15th course, in David's time
2) a priest accompanying Zerubbabel
1083 Bilgah bil-gaw'
from 1082; desistance; Bilgah, the name of two Israelites: KJV -- Bilgah.see HEBREW for 01082
Strongs #01084: yglb Bilgay
Bilgai = "my cheerfulness"1) a priest who covenanted with Nehemiah
1084 Bilgay bil-gah'ee
from 1082; desistant; Bilgai, an Israelite: KJV -- Bilgai.see HEBREW for 01082
Bilgah [nave]
BILGAH1. One of the chiefs of the divisions for ministry in the temple, 1 Chr. 24:14.
2. A priest, Neh. 12:5, 18, perhaps identical with Bilgai, Neh. 10:8.
Bilgai [nave]
BILGAI, a priest, Neh. 10:8.Bilgah [ebd]
cheerful. (1.) The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service (1 Chr. 24:14). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5, 18).
BILGAH [smith]
(first-born).- A priest in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course for the temple service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1015.)
- A priest or priestly family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:5,18) (B.C. 536.)
BILGAH; BILGAI [isbe]
BILGAH; BILGAI - bil'-ga bil'-ga-i (bilgah; bilgay, "cheerfulness"): A priest or priestly family in the time of the Return (Neh 12:5), and (under the form of "Bilgai," Neh 10:8) in the time of Nehemiah. According to 1 Ch 24:14, Bilgah is the 15th of the 24 divisions of the priests who officiated in the Temple. In the Septuagint, the names read Belgai, Belga and Balgas. The traditional explanation of the name is "rejuvenation"; modern exegetes explain it as "cheerfulness."
