Bible Person

Bezai

Meaning: eggs · Male · 2 cross references

Bezai is the ancestral or house-name of a returnee family named in Ezra and Nehemiah. It belongs to the broader web of households through which Judah is repopulated after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:17.1

AI summary: Bezai matters because the cross references place this house among the families returning to rebuild life in the land. Even without a separate narrative, the entry testifies to the collective, household-by-household character of restoration. Taken together, the material presents Bezai as a returnee house contributing to the recovered community of Judah.1

Central Figure

Bezai

Meaning: eggs