Bakbukiah בַּקְבֻּקְיָה

Returned leader. Bakbukiah was a Levite who held leadership roles in Jerusalem after the exile.

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Where Bakbukiah appears

Nehemiah (3)

Key verses

• Nehemiah 11:17 first mention — And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
• Nehemiah 12:9 — Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
• Nehemiah 12:25 — Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.