Ziha
Drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, M. G. Easton, 1897.
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Ziklag
A town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Josh. 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David fled to Gath from Ziph with all his followers. Achish, the king, as...
Zillah
Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Gen. 4:19, 22).
Zilpah
Drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9-13).
Zilthai
Shadow (i.e., protection) of Jehovah. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:20). (2.) One of the captains of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20).
Zimmah
Mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:20).(2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:42).(3.) The father of Joah (2 Chr. 29:12).
Zimran
Vine-dressers; celebrated, one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).
Zimri
Praise-worthy. (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish woman into his tent (Num. 25:6-15).(2.) Murdered El...
Zin
A low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of Akabah and the head of the Wady Guraiyeh (Num. 13:21). To be disting...
Zina
Ornament, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10).
Zion
Sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it f...
Zior
Littleness, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:54); the modern Si’air, 4 1/2 miles north-north-east of Hebron.
Ziph
Flowing. (1.) A son of Jehaleleel (1 Chr. 4:16).(2.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:24), probably at the pass of Sufah.(3.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:55...
Ziphah
A descendant of Judah (1 Chr. 4:16).
Ziphron
Sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Num. 34:9), south-east of Hamath.
Zippor
A little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Num. 22:2, 4).
Zipporah
A female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21). In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. 4:24-26, she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so...
Zithri
The Lord protects, a Levite, son of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22).
Ziz
Projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi, which leads up from the Dead Sea (2 Chr. 20:16) in the direction of Tekoa; now Tell Hasasah.
Ziza
Splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chr. 4:37-43).(2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:20).
Zizah
A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 23:11).
Zoan
(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 Palestine (Num. 1...
Zoar
Small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Gen. 19:22, 23). It was originally called Bela (14:2, 8). It is referred...
Zobah
=Aram-Zobah, (Ps. 60, title), a Syrian province or kingdom to the south of Coele-Syria, and extending from the eastern slopes of Lebanon north and east toward the Euphrates. Sau...
Zohar
Brightness. (1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:8).(2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15).
Zoheleth
The serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1 Kings 1:5-9...
Zoheth
Snatching (?), one of the sons of Ishi (1 Chr. 4:20).