Beba-i

(fatherly ).

1. "Sons of Bebai," 623 (Nehe 6:28) in number, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, ( Ezra 1:1 2:11 ; Nehemiah 7:16 ) (B.C. 536), and at a later period twenty-eight more under Zechariah, son of Bebai, returned with Ezra. ( Ezra 8:11 ) Four of this family had taken foreign wives. ( Ezra 10:28 ) The name occurs also among those who sealed the covenant. ( Nehemiah 10:15 )
2. Father of Zechariah, who was the leader of the twenty-eight men of his tribe mentioned above.