ancient countenance
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BILGAH (cheerfulness).1. Head of the 15th course of priests (1Ch_24:14). 2. A priest who returned with Zerub. (Neh_12:5; Neh_12:18). The same as Bilgai (Neh_10:8).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_24:14.
2. Neh_12:5; Neh_12:18; Neh_10:8.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Bil'gah. (first-born).
1. A priest, in the time of David; the head of the fifteenth course, for the Temple service. 1Ch_24:14. (B.C. 1015).
2. A priest or priestly family, who returned from Babylon, with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. Neh_12:5; Neh_12:18. (B.C. 536).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Bilgah
(Heb. Bilgah', בַּלְגָּה, prob. cheerful, but according to First, First-born; Sept. Βελγάς and Βαλγάς), the name of two priests.
1. The head of the fifteenth sacerdotal course for the temple service, as arranged by David (1Ch_24:14). B.C. 1043.
2. A priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Neh_12:5; Neh_12:18), B.C. 536; perhaps the same as the BILGAI of Neh_10:8.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.