International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Ziklag

zik'-lag (tsiqelagh, tsiqelagh (2Sa 1:1), tsiqelagh (1Ch 12:1,20); usually in the Septuagint Sekelak, or Sikelag): A town assigned (Jos 19:5;1Ch 4:30) to Simeon, but inJos 15:31...

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Zillah

zil'-a (tsillah; Sella): One of Lamech's wives (Ge 4:19,22,23). The name is perhaps connected with tsel, "shadow."

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Zillethai

zil'-e-thi, zil-e'-tha-i (tsillethay, meaning uncertain; the King James Version Zilthai):(1) A Benjamite (1Ch 8:20).(2) A Manassite who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20(Hebrew ...

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Zilpah

zil'-pa (zilpah, meaning uncertain; Zelpha): The ancestress of Gad and Asher (Ge 30:10,12;35:26;46:18), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban (Ge 29:24;30:9). InEze 48the Z...

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Zilthai

zil'-thi, zil'-tha-i.SeeZILLETHAI.

141

Zimmah

zim'-a (zimmah, perhaps "device," "plan"): A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 6:20(Hebrew, verse 5); also in 6:42 (Hebrew verse 27);2Ch 29:12). See Curtis, Chronicles, 130, 134 ff.

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Zimran

zim'-ran (zimran, from zemer, "wild sheep" or "wild goat," the ending -an being gentilic; Skinner, Genesis, 350): Son of Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:2;1Ch 1:32). The various manu...

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Zimri (1)

zim'-ri (zimri, "wild sheep" or "wild goat"; in 1 Maccabees, with the King James Version, has Zambri; Codex Sinaiticus has Zambrei):(1) A Simeonite prince (Nu 25:14; 1 Macc 2:26...

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Zimri (2)

(zimri; Septuagint Zambrei, Zambri): The 5th king of Israel, but who occupied the throne only seven days (1Ki 16:9-20). Zimri had been captain of half the chariots under Elah, a...

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Zin

(1) A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim and Kadesh-barnea (Nu 34:4;Jos 15:3). It must have...

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Zina

zi'-na.SeeZIZAH.

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Zion

zi'-on (tsiyon; Sion):1. Meaning of the Word2. The Zion of the Jebusites3. Zion of the Prophets4. Zion in Later Poetical Writings and Apocrypha5. Omission of Name by Some Writer...

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Zior

zi'-or (tsi`or; Sorth, or Sior): A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:54); probably Si'air, 4 1/2 miles North-Northeast of Hebron where the Mukam `Aisa (Tomb of Esau) is ...

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Ziph (1)

zif (ziph; Ozeib, or Ziph):(1) A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned along with Maon, Carmel and Jutah (Jos 15:55). It is chiefly celebrated in connection with the earl...

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Ziph (2)

(ziph, meaning unknown):(1) A grandson of Caleb (1Ch 2:42); the Septuagint has Zeiph.(2) A son of Jehallelel (1Ch 4:16). In the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus reads Ziphai, but...

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Ziphah

zi'-fa (ziphah, a feminine form of "Ziph"): A Judahite, "son" of Jehallelel. The name being feminine may be a dittography of the previous Ziph (1Ch 4:16).

152

Ziphims

zif'-imz: In title ofPs 54the King James Version for the Revised Version (British and American)ZIPHITES(which see).

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Ziphion

zif'-i-on (tsiphyon, "gaze" (?) (BDB)): A "son" of Gad (Ge 46:16) = "Zephon" ofNu 26:15.SeeZAPHON;ZEPHONITES.

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Ziphites

zif'-its.SeeZIPH.

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Ziphron

zif'-ron.SeeSIBRAIM.

156

Zippor

zip'-or (tsippor; inNu 22:4;23:18; tsippor, "bird," "swallow" (HPN, 94)): Father of Balak, king of Moab (Nu 22:2,10,16;Jos 24:9;Jud 11:25).

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Zipporah

zi-po'-ra, zip'-o-ra (tsipporah; Sepphora): The Midianite wife of Moses, daughter of Jethro, also called Hobab, and probably grand-daughter of Reuel, a priest of Midian at the t...

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Zithri

zith'-ri.SeeSITHRI.

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Ziv

ziv (ziw; the King James Version Zif): The 2nd month of the old Hebrew calendar, corresponding to Iyyar of the Jewish reckoning in later times. It is mentioned in1Ki 6:1,37.SeeC...

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Ziz, Ascent Of

ziz (ma`aleh ha-tsits; Hasae, Hasisa): A pass in the wilderness of Judea (2Ch 20:16) leading from Hazazon-tamar (En-gedi,2Ch 20:2). This is generally identified with Wady Chacac...

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Ziza

zi'-za (ziza', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)):(1) A Simeonite chief (1Ch 4:37).(2)...

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Zizah

zi'-za (zizah; see ZIZA): A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 23:11); in verse 10 the name is "Zina" (zina'), while the Septuagint and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) have "Zi...