In the bible, Bigvai is the name of the returned to Judah after the Babylonian captivity (EZR 2:2, NEH 7:7). Meaning of the name: in my body. Related names are:
Israel,
Baanah,
Zerubbabel (and others ...)
. The translations of Bigvai in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Biết-Vai in Vietnamese to
Βαγουι in Greek!
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: (EZR 2:2)
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. (EZR 2:14)
Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. (EZR 8:14)
Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; (NEH 7:7)
The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. (NEH 7:19)
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, (NEH 10:16)