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14. Bigvai. A Persian name; the Bagoas in Greek records. A Persian governor by that name ruled over Judah toward the end of the 5th century b.c. This large family of 2,056 men returning with Zerubbabel may have taken the name Bigvai in honor of the Persians. This family may have come from an area bordering on Persia, and may have favored Persian policy. The Jews have always been very adaptable.