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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

bas'-tha-i, bas'-thi (Basthai; the King James Version Bastai; 1 Esdras 5:31 = Besai (Ezr 2:49; Ne 7:52)): The descendants of Basthai (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem.