Zaanaim
za-a-na'-im.SeeZAANANNIM.
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Zaanan
za'-a-nan (tsa`anan; Sennaar): A place named by Micah in the Shephelah of Judah (1:11). In this sentence the prophet makes verbal play with the name, as if it were derived from ...
Zaanannim; Plain Or Oak Of
za-a-nan'-im, elon betsa`anayim; or betsa`anannim Codex Vaticanus Besamiein; Codex Alexandrinus Besananim (Jos 19:33); inJud 4:11Codex Vaticanus translates it as pleonektounton,...
Zaavan
za'-a-van (za`-awan, meaning unknown): A Horite descendant of Seir (Ge 36:27;1Ch 1:42). In 1 Chronicles, Lucian has Zauan = Samaritan z-w-`-n i.e. Zaw`an, from a root meaning "t...
Zabad
za'-bad (zabhadh, perhaps a contraction for (1) zebhadhyah, "Yahweh has given," i.e. Zebadiah; or (2) zabhdi'el, "El (God) is my gift" (HPN, 222 f); Zabed(t), with many variants...
Zabadaeans
zab-a-de'-anz (Zabadaioi; the King James Version Zabadeans; Oesterley, in Charles, Apocrypha, I, 112, prefers, on what seems insufficient evidence, to read "Gabadeans"; Josephus...
Zabadaias
zab-a-da'-yas. The King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)ZABADEAS(which see)
Zabadeas
zab-a-de'-as (Zabadaias; the King James Version Zabadaias): One of the sons of Nooma who put away their foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:35) = "Zabad" ofEzr 10:43.
Zabbai
zab'-a-i, zab'-i (zabbay, meaning unknown; Zabou):(1) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:28) = "Jozabdus" of 1 Esdras 9:29.(2) Father of Baruch (Ne 3:20). The Qe...
Zabbud
zab'-ud (zabbudh, meaning uncertain;Ezr 8:14, where Kere is zakkur and Kethibh is zabhudh = "Zabud"; 1 Esdras 8:40 has "Istalcarus"): A companion of Ezra on his journey from Bab...
Zabdeus
zab-de'-us (Zabdaios): In 1 Esdras 9:21 = "Zebadiah" ofEzr 10:20.
Zabdi
zab'-di (zabhdi>, perhaps "(a) gift of Yahweh" or "my gift" = New Testament "Zebedee"):(1) An ancestor of Achan (Jos 7:1,17,18). Some Septuagint manuscripts and1Ch 2:6have "Zimr...
Zabdiel
zab'-di-el (zabhdi'el, "my gift is El (God)"; Zabdiel):(1) Father of Jashobeam (1Ch 27:2), or rather Ishbaal (Curtis, Chronicles, 290 f).(2) An overseer of the priests (Ne 11:14...
Zabud
za'-bud (zabhudh, "bestowed"):(1) A son of Nathan (the prophet, probably) said in Kings to be chief minister to Solomon and also the king's friend (1Ki 4:5;1Ch 2:36). The Americ...
Zabulon
zab'-u-lon (Zaboulon): Greek form of "Zebulun" ofMt 4:13,16;Re 7:8the King James Version.
Zaccai
zak'-a-i, zak'-i.See ZABBAI, (2).
Zacchaeus
za-ke'-us (Zakchaios, from zakkay, "pure"):(1) A publican with whom Jesus lodged during His stay in Jericho (Lu 19:1-10). He is not mentioned in the other Gospels. Being a chief...
Zacchur
zak'-ur.SeeZACCUR.
Zaccur
zak'-ur (zakkur, perhaps "ventriloquist" (Gray, Nu, 137)):(1) Father of Shammua the Reubenite spy (Nu 13:4).(2) A Simeonite (1Ch 4:26); the King James Version "Zacchur."(3) Levi...
Zachariah
zak-a-ri'-a (Zacharias; the King James Version, Zacharias):(1) The son of Barachiah, who, Jesus says, was slain between the temple and the altar (Mt 23:35;Lu 11:51). The allusio...
Zacharias (1)
zak-a-ri'-as (Zacharias):(1) One of the "rulers of the temple" at the time of Josiah's Passover (1 Esdras 1:8) = "Zechariah" of2Ch 35:8.(2) One of the "holy singers" at Josiah's...
Zacharias (2)
(Zacharias): Father of John the Baptist (Lu 1:5, etc.). He was a priest of the course ofABIJAH(which see), of blameless life, who in his old age was still childless. But on one ...
Zachary
zak'-a-ri (Latin Zacharias): the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Esdras 1:40 = the prophet Zechariah.
Zacher
za'-ker.SeeZACHER.
Zadok
za'-dok (tsadowq, once tsadhoq (1Ki 1:26), similar to tsaddiq, and tsadduq, post-Biblical, meaning justus, "righteous"; Septuagint Sadok): Cheyne in Encyclopedia Biblica suggest...
Zaham
za'-ham (zaham, meaning uncertain; Septuagint Codex Alexandrinus Zalam, Codex Vaticanus Rhoollam): A son of King Rehoboam (2Ch 11:19).
Zain
za'-in.SeeZAYIN.