International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

big'-va-i (bighway; Baogei, Bagoua):

(1) The head of one of the families who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2 Nehemiah 7:7), having a large number of his retainers (2,056, according to Ezra 2:14; 2,067, according to Nehemiah 7:19), besides 72 males later under Ezra (Ezra 8:14).

(2) One of those who subscribed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:16).