Encyclopedia of The Bible – Bakbukiah
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Bakbukiah

BAKBUKIAH băk’ bə kī’ ə (בַּקְבֻּקְיָ֖ה). A name occurring three times (Neh 11:17; 12:9, 25). It is uncertain whether the references are to one, two, or three persons. In each case, however, Bakbukiah was a Levite living in Jerusalem after the Exile.