BAVVAI.The son of Henadad (Neh_3:18); rebuilt a portion of the wall of Jerusalem; called in Neh_3:24 Binnui.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
bav?ā̇-ı̄ (בּוּי, bawway; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus, Βενεί, Beneı́; Codex Vaticanus, Βεδεί, Bedeı́; the King James Version Bavai, ?wisher? (?) (Neh_3:18)): Perhaps identical with or a brother of Binnui (Neh_3:24). See BINNUI. Bavvai, ?the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah,? was of a Levitical family. He is mentioned as one of those who repaired the wall of Jerusalem after the return from Babylon (Neh_3:17 f).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.