Bible Names N-Z

Zithri in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the Lord protects, a Levite, son of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22)....

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Ziza in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Shiphi, chief of Simeon; in Hezekiah's time made an inroad upon the peaceable Hamite shepherds of Gedor (1 Chronicles 4:37, etc.), destroyed them utterly, and dwelt in their room "because there was pasture there for their flocks." 2. Son of Rehoboam and Maachah (2 Chronicles 11:20)....

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Zoan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(place of departure), an ancient city of lower Egypt, called Tanis by the Greeks. It stood on the eastern bank of the Tanitic branch of the Nile. Its name indicates a place of departure from a country, and hence it has been identified with Avaris (Tanis, the modern San), the capital of the Shepherd dynasty in Egypt, built seven years after He...

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Zithri in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Hebrew SITHRI. Son of Uzziel, son of Kobath (Exodus 6:22); in verse 21 for Zithri read Zichri....

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Zoan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Old Egypt. Sant= "stronghold," the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Israel (Num. 13:22). This great and important city was the capital of the Hyksos, or Shepherd kings, who ruled Egypt for more than 500 years. It was the frontier town of Goshen. He...

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Zizah in Naves Topical Bible

-A Gershonite 1Ch 23:11 -Called ZINA in 1Ch 23:10...

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Ziza in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zi'-za (ziza', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)): (1) A Simeonite chief (1 Ch 4:37). (2) A son of King Rehoboam, his mother being a daughter or grand-daughter of Absalom (2 Ch 11:20). (3) A probable reading for ZIZAH (which see)....

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