Bible Person

Bigvai

Meaning: in my body · Male · 1 cross reference

Bigvai is a covenant signatory in Nehemiah and also names a known returnee house in the post-exilic period. This entry belongs to the restored community's public pledge of obedience. First appears in Neh 10:16.1

AI summary: Bigvai matters because his single cross reference places the name among those sealing the covenant in Jerusalem. Whether read as an individual representative or a family house, the entry stands within the community's deliberate recommitment to God's law. Taken together, the material presents Bigvai as part of post-exilic covenant renewal.1

Central Figure

Bigvai

Meaning: in my body