Bible Names N-Z

Zetham in Easton's Bible Dictionary

olive planter, a Levite (1 Chr. 23:8)....

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Zia in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

zi'-a (zia`, meaning uncertain): A Gadite, possibly the name of a Gadite clan (1 Ch 5:13)....

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Ziba in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(statue), a servant of Saul whom David made steward of Saul's son Mephibosheth. 2Sa 9:2-18; 16:1-4; 19:17,29 [MEPHIBOSHETH] (B.C. 1023.)...

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Zephi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ze'-fi, ze'-fo (tsephi, perhaps "gaze," or "gazing," in 1 Ch 1:36; tspho, the same meaning in Gen 36:11,15): A duke of Edom. Septuagint has Sophar, which Skinner (Genesis, 431) says may be the original of Job's kind friend. In Gen 36:43 the Septuagint has Zaphoei (= tsepho, i.e. Zepho), for Iram. Skinner holds it probable that the two names, Z...

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Zerah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain): (1) In Gen 38:30; 46:12; Nu 26:20; Josh 7:1,18,24; 22:20; 1 Ch 2:4,6; 9:6; Neh 11:24; Mt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Nu 26:20; Josh 7:17 f he is the head of the Zerahites (also 1 Ch 27:11,13). the King James Version has "Zarah" in Gen 38:30; 46:12, and "Zarhites" fo...

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Zerah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Reuel Ge 36:13,17; 1Ch 1:37 -2. Father of Jobab Ge 36:33; 1Ch 1:44 -3. ZERAH See ZARAH -4. Son of Simeon Nu 26:13; 1Ch 4:24 -5. A Gershonite 1Ch 6:21 -6. A Levite 1Ch 6:41 -7. King of Ethiopia 2Ch 14:9-15...

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Zerubbabel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. 1:1; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1 Chr. 3:17-19), i.e., according to a frequent usage of the word "son;" the grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He is also known by the Persian name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 11). In the first year of Cyrus, king of Pe...

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Zerubbabel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(born at Babel, i.e. Babylon), the head of the tribe of Judah at the time of the return from the Babylonish captivity in the first year of Cyrus. The history of Zerabbabel in the Scriptures is as follows: In the first year of Cyrus he was living at Babylon, and was the recognized prince of Judah in the captivity, --what in later times was cal...

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