Zebulun, Lot Of
In Galilee, to the north of Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali (Josh. 19:10-16), and between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean. According to ancient prophecy this part of Galilee enjoyed…
Zebulun, Tribe Of
Numbered at Sinai (Num. 1:31) and before entering Canaan (26:27). It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites, but only made them tributary (Judg. 1:30). It took little interest i…
Zebulunites, The
the members of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:27) only.
Zechariah
Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as “the son of Berechiah…
Zechariah, The Book Of
The book of Zechariah, in its existing form, consists of three principal parts, vis. chs. 1-8; chs. 9-11; chs. 12-14.
Zedad
Side; sloping place, a town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Sudud, between Emesa (Hums) and Baalbec, but that is uncertain.
Zedekiah
Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz …
Zeeb
The wolf, one of the two leaders of the great Midianite host which invaded Israel and was utterly routed by Gideon. The division of that host, which attempted to escape across the Jordan, under Oreb …
Zeeb, The Wine-press Of,
ZEEB, THE WINE-PRESS OF, where Zeeb was slain. Jud 7:25. It was near a ford of the Jordan as one comes down from the mountains of Ephraim.
Zelah
Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul’s birthplace.
Zelek
Cleft, an Ammonite; one of David’s valiant men (2 Sam. 23:37).
Zelok
(fissure), an Ammonite, one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39)
Zelophehad
First-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons, his daughters, concerned lest their father’s name should be “done away from among his f…
Zelotes.
ZELO'TES. See Simon, Zealots.
Zelzah
(shadow), a place named once only, (1 Samuel 10:2) as on the boundary of Benjamin close to Rachel’s sepulchre, five miles southwest of Jerusalem.
Zemaraim
(1.) A town of Benjamin (Josh. 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho. (2.) A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chr. 13:4-20). Here …
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, or Zumur, was one of t…
Zemarite, The
one of the Hamite tribes who in the genealogical table of (Genesis 10:18) and 1Chr 1:16 Are represented as “sons of Canaan.” Nothing is certainly known of this ancient tribe. The old interpreters pla…
Zemarites
ZEM'ARITES, THE, descendants of Canaan. Gen 10:18; 1 Chr 1:16.
Zemarites, The,
ZEM'ARITES, THE, descendants of Canaan. Gen 10:18; 1 Chr 1:16.
Zemira
Vine-dresser, a Benjamite; one of the sons of Becher (1 Chr. 7:8).
Zenan
(pointed), a town in the allotment of Judah, situated in the district of the Shefelah. (Joshua 15:37) It is probably identical with Zaanan. (Micah 1:11)
Zenas,
ZE'NAS, a Christian whom Paul wished Titus to bring along with him. Tit 3:13.
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 of Josiah, king of Ju…
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.
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.
Zephi.
ZE'PHI. 1 Chr 1:36. See Zepho.
Zepho
(watch-tower), son of Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Genesis 36:11) and one of the “dukes” or phylarchs of the Edomites. ver. (Genesis 36:15) In (1 Chronicles 1:36) he is called Zephi. (B.C. after 1760.)
Zephon
(watch), the son of Gad, (Numbers 26:15) and ancestor of the family of the Zephonites. Called Ziphion In (Genesis 46:16) (B.C. 1706.)
Zephonites
ZEPH'ONITES, the descendants of Zephon. Num 26:15.