Bible Names N-Z

Zippor in Naves Topical Bible

-Father of Balak Nu 22:2,4,10,16; 23:18; Jos 24:9...

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Zina in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(abundance); Zizah, the second son of Shimei the Gershonite. 1Ch 23:10 comp. 1Chr 23:11...

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Ziph in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. In southern Judah ( negeb ) (Joshua 15:24). In the Imperial Dictionary the name is connected with Sufah, and the site is supposed to be at the ascent of Akrabbim. 2. A town in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55); mentioned between Carmel and Juttah. David took refuge in a wood, then in a wilderness ( midbar , an unenclosed pasture gr...

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Zippor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sparrow), father of Balak king of Moab. Nu 22:2,4,10,16; 23:18; Jos 24:9; Jud 11:25 Whether he was the "former king of Moab" alluded to in Nu 21:26 we are not told. (B.C. 1451.)...

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Ziph in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zif (ziph; Ozeib, or Ziph): (1) A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned along with Maon, Carmel and Jutah (Josh 15:55). It is chiefly celebrated in connection with the earlier history of David: "David .... remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph" (1 Sam 23:14,15,24; 26:2); the Ziphites (1 Sam 23:19; 26:1; compare Ps 54 ti...

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Ziph in Hitchcock's Bible Names

this mouth or mouthful; falsehood...

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Zippor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Num. 22:2, 4)....

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Zina in Easton's Bible Dictionary

ornament, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10)....

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Ziphah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zi'-fa (ziphah, a feminine form of "Ziph"): A Judahite, "son" of Jehallelel. The name being feminine may be a dittography of the previous Ziph (1 Ch 4:16)....

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Zippor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a little bird".) Father of Balak (Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4). Tradition makes Moab and Midian one kingdom ruled by a king chosen alternately from each. Zippor is seemingly related to the Midianite name Zipporah; thus Balak may have been a Midianite. The language of Balaam about Balak's "house full of silver and gold" (Numbers 22:18) harmoni...

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