Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.

EZRA 8:14KJV
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Ezra 8:14 (KJV)

What does Ezra 8:14 mean?

Ezra 8:14 lists some of the people who returned from exile to Jerusalem with Ezra, specifically naming Uthai and Zabbud from the family of Bigvai, along with seventy male relatives. This verse is part of a larger record showing the families and numbers of those who joined Ezra on the journey back to Judah.

Ezra, a priest and scribe, is gathering those willing to return from Babylonian exile to help rebuild Jerusalem and restore worship. The verse highlights the descendants of Bigvai, naming two leaders and noting seventy men with them. This careful listing shows the organized and communal nature of the return, emphasizing the importance of each family group in the restoration effort.

Where else these words appear

“Uthai” Hebrew H5793 · used in 2 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

“Bigvai” Hebrew H902 · used in 6 verses

  • Ezra 2:2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
  • Ezra 2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
  • Nehemiah 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.

“Zabbud” Hebrew H2139 · used in 10 verses

  • Numbers 13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
  • Nehemiah 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,

“males” Hebrew H2145 · used in 80 verses

  • Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  • Leviticus 12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
  • Numbers 31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.