a despising; dirty
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BESAI.Nethinim who returned with Zerub. (Ezr_2:49, Neh_7:52; = Basthai, 1Es_5:31).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ezr_2:49; Neh_7:52.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Be'sa-i. (sword). "Children of Besai" were among the Nethinim who returned to Judea with Zerubbabel. Ezr_2:49; Neh_7:52.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
bē?sı̄ (בּסי, bēṣay, ?downtrodden?): The descendants of Besai (Nethinim) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezr_2:49; Neh_7:52 = Basthai, 1 Esdras 5:31).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Besai
(Heb. Besay', בֵּסִי, subjugator, from בּוּס; or, according to Bohlen, from Sanscrit bagaya, victory; Sept. Βασί, and Βησί v. r. Βησεί), one of the family-heads of the Nethinim whose posterity returned from Babylon (Ezr_2:49; Neh_7:52). B.C. ante 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.