BUKKI

(Bukʹki) [shortened form of Bukkiah, “proved of Jah”].

1. A chieftain from the tribe of Dan whom Jehovah appointed to assist with the tribal division of the Promised Land. Son of Jogli.—Num. 34:16-18, 22.

2. Descendant of Aaron through Eleazar and Phinehas, and ancestor of the skilled copyist Ezra. (1 Chron. 6:4, 5, 50, 51; Ezra 7:1-6) He may have served as high priest sometime during the period of the judges.