Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Zemarite

The designation of one of the Phoenician tribes (Gen. 10:18) who inhabited the town of Sumra, at the western base of the Lebanon range. In the Amarna tablets (B.C. 1400) Zemar, ...

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Zemira

Vine-dresser, a Benjamite; one of the sons of Becher (1 Chr. 7:8).

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Zenas

A disciple called “the lawyer,” whom Paul wished Titus to bring with him (Titus 3:13). Nothing more is known of him.

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Zephaniah

Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness. (1.) The son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in the order of the minor prophets. He prophesied in the days...

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Zephath

Beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judg. 1:17. It has been identified with the pass of es-Sufah, but with greater probability with S’beita.

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Zephathah

A valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa’s conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9-13). Identified with the Wady Safieh.

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Zerah

Sunrise. (1.) An “Ethiopian,” probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the k...

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Zered

=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows” ...

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Zereda

The fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is probably the same as Zaretan (Josh. 3:16), Zererath (Judg. 7:22), Zartanah ...

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Zeredathah

A place in the plain of Jordan; the same as Zarthan (2 Chr. 4:17; 1 Kings 7:46). Here Solomon erected the foundries in which Hiram made the great castings of bronze for the temple.

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Zererath

(Judg. 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean.

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Zeresh

Star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10).

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Zeruah

Stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes (1 Kings 11:26).

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Zerubbabel

The seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. 1:1; Zorobabel, Matt. 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1 Chr. 3:17-19), i.e., according to a frequent usage of...

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Zeruiah

Stricken of the Lord, David’s sister, and the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel (1 Chr. 2:16), who were the three leading heroes of David’s army, and being his nephews, they w...

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Zetham

Olive planter, a Levite (1 Chr. 23:8).

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Zethan

A Benjamite (1 Chr. 7:10).

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Zia

Fear, a Gadite (1 Chr. 5:13).

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Ziba

Post; statue, “a servant of the house of Saul” (2 Sam. 9:2), who informed David that Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan, was alive. He afterwards dealt treacherously toward Mephibo...

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Zibeon

Robber; or dyed. (1.) A Hivite (Gen. 36:2).(2.) A Horite, and son of Seir (Gen. 36:20).

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Zibia

Gazelle, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:9).

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Zibiah

The mother of King Joash (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chr. 24:1).

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Zichri

Remembered; illustrious. (1.) A Benjamite chief (1 Chr. 8:19).(2.) Another of the same tribe (1 Chr. 8:23).

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Ziddim

Sides, a town of Naphtali (Josh. 19:35), has been identified with Kefr-Hattin, the “village of the Hittites,” about 5 miles west of Tiberias.

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Zidkijah

The Lord is righteous, one who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Neh. 10:1).

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Zidon

A fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “first-born” of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:15, 19). It was t...

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Zif

Brightness; splendour; i.e., “the flower month,” mentioned only in 1 Kings 6:1, 37, as the “second month.” It was called Iyar by the later Jews. (See MONTH.)