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'''Bukki''' ({{Lang-he|בֻּקִּי}} '' |
'''Bukki''' ({{Lang-he|בֻּקִּי}} ''Buqqī'', "proved") may have been an early High Priest of [[Israel]]. Another Bukki is mentioned in [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] as a leader in the [[Tribe of Dan]]. |
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Bukki is mentioned in the books [[1 Chronicles]] (6:4) and [[Ezra]] (7:4) as the son of the High Priest [[Abishua]], a priest fifth in descent in the line of [[Eleazar]]. In the [[Apocrypha]] ([[2 Esdras]] 1:2), his name is listed as Borith and in [[1 Esdras]] 8:2, he is called Boccas. According to [[Josephus]] (''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' 5.10.5; 8.1.3) and other extrabiblical sources{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}, he succeeded his father as High Priest. |
Bukki is mentioned in the books [[1 Chronicles]] (6:4) and [[Ezra]] (7:4) as the son of the High Priest [[Abishua]], a priest fifth in descent in the line of [[Eleazar]]. In the [[Apocrypha]] ([[2 Esdras]] 1:2), his name is listed as Borith and in [[1 Esdras]] 8:2, he is called Boccas. According to [[Josephus]] (''[[Antiquities of the Jews]]'' 5.10.5; 8.1.3) and other extrabiblical sources{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}, he succeeded his father as High Priest. |
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Revision as of 18:52, 6 January 2024
Bukki (Hebrew: בֻּקִּי Buqqī, "proved") may have been an early High Priest of Israel. Another Bukki is mentioned in Numbers as a leader in the Tribe of Dan.
Bukki is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:4) and Ezra (7:4) as the son of the High Priest Abishua, a priest fifth in descent in the line of Eleazar. In the Apocrypha (2 Esdras 1:2), his name is listed as Borith and in 1 Esdras 8:2, he is called Boccas. According to Josephus (Antiquities of the Jews 5.10.5; 8.1.3) and other extrabiblical sources[citation needed], he succeeded his father as High Priest.
He is contemporarily identified with the Samaritan High Priest Bakhi.[1] 2nd Samaritan High Priest[2] and Sashai the 1st Samaritan High Priest was possibly his brother
Etymology
Personal name shortened from Bukkiah, meaning, “Yahweh proved”[3]
Numbers 34:22
". . . and the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli . . ."[4]
Patrilineal Ancestry
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References
- ^ Smith, John (2017-09-21). "On the Y-DNA of the Lost Tribes of Israel". doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5422696.v7.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Gaster, M. “The Chain of Samaritan High Priests: A Synchronistic Synopsis: Published for the First Time.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1909, pp. 393–420. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25210743. Accessed 21 Sept. 2020.
- ^ "Bukki - Holman Bible Dictionary". StudyLight.org. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ^ "Numbers 34:22 - TMB". Biblestudytools.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
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