International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Zair

za'-ir (tsa`ir; Zeior): When he invaded Edom, we are told that Joram passed over to Zair and all his chariots with him (2Ki 8:21). In the parallel passage (2Ch 21:9), "with his ...

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Zaketan

zar'-e-tan (tsarethan): the King James VersionJos 3:16forZARETHAN(which see).

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Zalaph

za'-laf (tsalaph, "caper-plant"): Father of Hanun, one of the repairers of the wall (Ne 3:30).

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Zalmon

zal'-mon (tsalmon; Selmon, oros Ermon; the King James Version Salmon (Ps 68:14)):(1) From the slopes of Mt. Zalmon, Abimelech and his followers gathered the wood with which they...

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Zalmonah

zal-mo'na (tsalmonah, "gloomy"): A desert camp of the Israelites, the first after Mt. Hor (Nu 33:41,42). The name "suggests some gloomy valley leading up to the Edomite plateau....

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Zalmunnah

zal-mun'-a.SeeZEBAH AND ZALMUNNA.

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Zambis

zam'-bis: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)ZAMBRI(which see).

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Zambri

zam'-bri (Codex Vaticanus Zambrei, Codex Alexandrinus Zambris; the King James Version Zambis, from Aldine Zambis):(1) One of the sons of Ezora who put away their foreign wives (...

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Zamoth

za'-moth, za'-moth (Zamoth): The head of a family, some members of which married. foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:28) = "Zattu" ofEzr 10:27; called "Zathui" in 1 Esdras 5:12 and "Zath...

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Zamzummim

zam-zum'-im (zam-zummim): A race of giants who inhabited the region East of the Jordan afterward occupied by the Ammonites who displaced them. They are identified with the Repha...

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Zanoah

za-no'-a (zanoach; Codex Vaticanus Tano; Codex Alexandrinus Zano):(1) A town in the Judean Shephelah, grouped with Eshtaol, Zorah and Ashnah (Jos 15:34). The Jews reoccupied the...

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Zaphenath-Paneah, Zaphnath-Paaneah

zaf-e'-nath-pa-ne'-a, zaf'-nath-pa-a-ne'a (tsaphenath pa`aneach; Egyptian Zoph-ent-pa-ankh; Septuagint D, Psonthomphantch, "the one who furnishes the nourishment of life," i.e. ...

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Zaphon

za'-fon (tsaphon; Codex Vaticanus Saphan; Codex Alexandrinus Saphon): A city on the East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad (Jos 13:27). It is named again inJud 12:1as the pl...

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Zara

za'-ra (Zara): the King James Version (Mt 1:3) = Greek form ofZERAH(which see).

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Zaraces

zar'-a-sez: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American)ZARAKES(which see).

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Zarah

za'-ra.See ZERAH (1).

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Zaraias

za-ra'-yas, za-ri'-as (Zaraias):(1) One of the leaders in the Return along with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:8) = "Seraiah" ofEzr 2:2and "Azariah" ofNe 7:7= the King James VersionZACH...

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Zarakes

zar'-a-kez (Codex Alexandrinus and Fritzsche, Zarakes; Codex Vaticanus and Swete, Zarios; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Zaracelem; the King James Version Zaraces)...

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Zardeus

zar-de'-us (Codex Alexandrinus Zardaias; Codex Vaticanus Swete and Fritzsche, Zeralias; the King James Version Sardeus): One of the sons of Zamoth who had married "strange wives...

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Zareah

za'-re-a, za-re'-a (tsor`ah): the King James Version inNe 11:29forZORAH(which see).

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Zareathites

za-re'a-thits.SeeZORATHITES.

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Zared

za'-red (zaredh (in pause)).SeeZERED.

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Zarephath

zar'-e-fath (tsarephath; Sarepta): The Sidonian town in which Elijah was entertained by a widow after he left the brook Cherith (1Ki 17:9). Obadiah refers to it as a Canaanite (...

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Zarethan

zar'-e-than (tsarethan): A city, according toJos 3:16(omitted, however, by the Septuagint) near Adam, which is probably to be identified with Tell Damieh at the mouth of the Jab...

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Zarezth-Shahar

za'-reth-sha'-har (tsereth ha-shachar).See ZERETH-SHAHAR.

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Zarhites

zar'-hits.See ZERAH, (1), (4).

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Zartanah

zar-ta'-na, zar'-ta-na (tsarethanah): the King James Version in1Ki 4:12for "Zarethan." The form is Zarethan with Hebrew locale.