zebaim Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
zebaim in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59). "Pochereth of Zebaim" should be read as in the Revised Version, "Pochereth-hazzebaim" ("snaring the antelopes"), probably the name of some hunter.
zebaim in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the gazelles), mentioned in the catalogue of the families of "Solomon's slaves" who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. #Ezr 2:57; Ne 7:59|
zebaim in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ZEBA'IM (the gazelles). In Ezr 2:57; Neh 7:59 we read of a person named "Pochereth of Zebaim," Some, and Grove among them, suppose this name to be identical with "Zeboim." Others translate "Zebaim " as the plural of the Hebrew word signifying "antelope" or "gazelle," and render it "Pochereth-zebaim," "snaring the antelopes," as the name of some mighty hunter.
zebaim in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The sons of Pochereth were of Zebaim which some identify with ZEBOIM; others translated Pochereth hatsebaim, "the snarer (hunter) of roes" (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59).