Midvash

בִּלְשָׁןBilshân

proper name, masculine: an Israelite who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7)

Pronunciation: bil-shawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1114

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 2:2 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:
  • Nehemiah 7:7 Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the number of the men of Israel who returned from exile:

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).