Smith's Bible Dictionary

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ZANOAH

(marsh).A town of Judah in the Shefelah or plain, (Joshua 15:34; Nehemiah 3:13; 11:30) possibly identical with Zanu’a.A town of Judah in the highland district, (Joshua 15:66) no...

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ZAPHNATHPAANEAH

a name given by Pharaoh to Joseph. (Genesis 41:45) The rabbins interpreted Zaphnath-paaneah as Hebrew in the sense revealer of a secret. As the name must have been Egyptian, it ...

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ZAPHON

(north), a place mentioned in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad. (Joshua 13:27)

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ZARA, OR ZARAH

the son of Judah. (Matthew 1:3)

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ZARAH, OR ZERAH

the son of Judah. (Genesis 38:30; 48:12)

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ZAREAH

the same as Zorah and Zoreah. (Nehemiah 11:29)

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ZAREATHITES, THE

the inhabitants of Zareah or Zorah. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

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ZARED, THE VALLEY OF

[ZERED]

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ZAREPHATH

(smelting place), the residence of the prophet Elijah during the latter part of the drought. (1 Kings 17:9,10) It was near to, or dependent on, Zidon. It is represented by the m...

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ZARETAN, OR ZARTHAN

(Joshua 3:16)

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ZARETHSHAHAR

(splendor of the dawn), a place mentioned only in (Joshua 13:19) in the catalogue of the towns allotted to Reuben.

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ZARHITES, THE

a branch of the tribe of Judah, descended from Zerah the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:13,20; Joshua 7:17; 1 Chronicles 27:11,15)

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ZARTANAH

(1 Kings 4:12) [ZARETAN, OR ZARTHAN, ZARTHAN]

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ZARTHAN

A place in the circle of Jordan, mentioned in connection with Succoth. (1 Kings 7:46)It is also named in the account of the passage of the Jordan by the Israelites, (Joshua 3:18...

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ZATTU

The sons of Zattu were a family of laymen of Israel who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:8; Nehemiah 7:13)

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ZAVAN

(1 Chronicles 1:42) [ZAAVAN, OR ZAVAN]

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ZAZA

one of the sons of Jonathan, a descendant of Jerahmeel. (1 Chronicles 2:33)

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ZEBADIAH

A Benjamite of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:15)A Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17)One of the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (1 Chronicles 12:7)Son of Asahel...

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ZEBAH

and Zalmun’na (deprived of protection), the two "kings" of Midian who commanded the great invasion of Palestine, and who finally fell by the hand of Gideon himself. (Judges 8:5-...

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ZEBAIM

(the gazelles), mentioned in the catalogue of the families of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59)

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ZEBEDEE

(my gift) (Greek form of Zabdi) a fisherman of Galilee, the father of the apostles James the Great and John (Matthew 4:21) and the husband of Salome. (Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40)...

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ZEBINA

(purchase), one of the sons of Nebo who had taken foreign wives after the return from Babylon, (Ezra 10:43)

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ZEBOIM

(gazelles).One of the five cities of the "plain" or circle of Jordan. It is mentioned in (Genesis 10:19; 14:2,8; 29:23; Hosea 11:8) in each, of which passages it is either coupl...

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ZEBUDAH

(bestowed), wife of Josiah and mother of King Jehoiakim. (2 Kings 23:36) (B.C. 653.)

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ZEBUL

(habitation), chief man (Authorized Version "ruler") of the city of Shechem at the time of the contest between Abimelech and the native Canaanites. (Judges 9:28,30,36,41) (B.C. ...

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ZEBULONITE

a member of the tribe of Zebulun. (Judges 12:11,12) Applied only to Elon, the one judge produced by the tribe. (Judges 12:11,12)

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ZEBULUN

(a habitation), the tenth of the sons of Jacob, according to the order in which their births are enumerated, the sixth and last of Leah. (Genesis 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 1 Chronicl...