Bible Person
Meaning: ancient countenance · Male · 3 cross references
Bilgah is a priestly name or house associated with return-era records and covenant life in Nehemiah. It belongs to the restored ordering of temple service and priestly identity. First appears in Neh 10:8.1
AI summary: Bilgah matters because the cross references place the name among priests active in the restored community and within its covenantal structures. The role is not dramatic, but it is part of the institutional continuity by which temple worship is reestablished. Taken together, the material presents Bilgah as a priestly house within the restored life of Jerusalem.1
Central Figure
Bilgah
Meaning: ancient countenance
A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh.
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.