Every Name in Tanakh

בִּגְוַי Bigvai

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 21×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Israelite. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 2:2 and last at Nehemiah 10:17.

Ezra 2:2עזרא ב:ב

אֲשֶׁר־בָּאוּ עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה שְׂרָיָה רְֽעֵלָיָה מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפָּר בִּגְוַי רְחוּם בַּעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: .

Ezra 2:14עזרא ב:יד

בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם חֲמִשִּׁים וְשִׁשָּֽׁה

The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

Ezra 8:14עזרא ח:יד

וּמִבְּנֵי בִגְוַי עוּתַי וזבוד וְעִמּוֹ שִׁבְעִים הַזְּכָרִֽים

And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zaccur; and with him seventy males.

Nehemiah 7:7נחמיה ז:ז

הַבָּאִים עִם־זְרֻבָּבֶל יֵשׁוּעַ נְחֶמְיָה עֲזַרְיָה רַֽעַמְיָה נַחֲמָנִי מָרְדֳּכַי בִּלְשָׁן מִסְפֶּרֶת בִּגְוַי נְחוּם בַּעֲנָה מִסְפַּר אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Nehemiah 7:19נחמיה ז:יט

בְּנֵי בִגְוָי אַלְפַּיִם שִׁשִּׁים וְשִׁבְעָֽה

The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Bigvai?

Bigvai — בגוי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 21 in the standard method.

How many times is Bigvai named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Ezra 2:2.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בגוי stands 12 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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