Zabdiel
Gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David’s officers (1 Chr. 27:2). (2.) An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Neh. 11:14).
Zabud
Gift, the son of Nathan, who was “king’s friend” in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5).
Zabulon
(Matt. 4:13, 15; Rev. 7:8). See ZEBULUN.
Zaccai
Pure, one whose “sons” returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:9; Neh. 7:14). (See ZABBAI.)
Zacchaeus
Pure, a superintendant of customs; a chief tax-gather (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1-10). “The collection of customs at Jericho, which at this time produced and exported a considerable quantity o…
Zaccheus
pure; clean; just
Zacchur
a Simeonite, of the family of Mishma. (1 Chronicles 4:26)
Zaccur
Mindful. (1.) Father of Shammua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses (Num. 13:4). (2.) A Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 24:27). (3.) A son of Asaph, and chief of one of the courses of singers as arra…
Zachariah
Remembered by the Lord. (1.) Son of Jeroboam II., king of Israel. On the death of his father there was an interregnum of ten years, at the end of which he succeeded to the throne, which he occupied o…
Zacharias,
ZACHARI'AS, properly ZACHARI'AH (remembered by Jehovah). Our Lord mentions a Zacharias, son of Barachias, as having been slain between the "sanctuary " (not "altar," but the inner shrine) and the tem…
Zacher
Memorial, a son of Jehiel (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:35); called Zechariah (9:37).
Zadok
Righteous. (1.) A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer (2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 24:3), high priest in the time of David (2 Sam. 20:25) and Solomon (1 Kings 4:4). He is first mentioned as coming to take …
Zaham
(fatness), son of Rehoboam by Abihail the daughter of Eliab. (2 Chronicles 11:19)
Zair
Little, a place probably east of the Dead Sea, where Joram discomfited the host of Edom who had revolted from him (2 Kings 8:21).
Zalaph
(wound) father of Hanun, who assisted in rebuilding the city wall. (Nehemiah 3:30)
Zalmon
Shady. (1.) One of David’s warriors, called the Ahohite (2 Sam. 23:28); called also Ilai (1 Chr. 11:29). (2.) A wood near Shechem, from which Abimelech and his party brought boughs and “put them to t…
Zalmon, Mount
a wooded eminence in the immediate neighborhood of Shechem. (Judges 9:48) The name of Dalmanutha has been supposed to be a corruption of that of Zalmon.
Zalmonah
Shady, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:41, 42).
Zalmunna
One of the two kings of Midian whom the “Lord delivered” into the hands of Gideon. He was slain afterwards with Zebah (Judg. 8:5-21). (See ZEBAH.)
Zamzummim
(Deuteronomy 2:20) only, the Ammonite name for the people who by others were called Rephaim. They are described as having originally been a powerful and numerous nation of giants. From a slight simil…
Zamzummims.
ZAMZUM'MIMS. Deut 2:20. See Zuzims.
Zanoah.
ZANO'AH. Jekuthiel is called, in the A.V. of 1 Chr 4:18, the father of Zanoah, but this means he was the founder of the village of that name. See Zanoah, 2.
Zaphnath-paaneah,
ZAPH'NATH-PAANE'AH, the name or title given by Pharaoh to Joseph immediately after his elevation. Gen 41:45. The etymology of the word is uncertain, some deriving it from a Hebrew root, "the revealer…
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 has been explained fr…
Zaphon
(north), a place mentioned in the enumeration of the allotment of the tribe of Gad. (Joshua 13:27)
Zara
ZA'RA (rising of light), the son of Judah. Matt 1:3. See below.
Zara, Or Zarah
the son of Judah. (Matthew 1:3)
Zarah
ZA'RAH (rising of light), a son of Judah by Tamar. Gen 38:30; Gen 46:12; called Zerah in Num 26:20; Josh 7:1, 1 Sam 30:18; Gen 22:20; 1 Chr 2:4, 1 Chr 2:6; 1 1 Chr 9:6; Neh 11:24, and Zara. Matt 1:3.…
Zarah, Or Zerah
the son of Judah. (Genesis 38:30; 48:12)
Zareah
the same as Zorah and Zoreah. (Nehemiah 11:29)