Besai

BESAI be'-si (becay, "downtrodden"):

The descendants of Besai (Nethinim) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:49; Nehemiah 7:52 = Basthai, 1 Esdras 5:31).

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BESAI'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.