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Zaanaim — wanderings; the unloading of tents, so called probably from the fact of nomads in tents encamping amid the cit…
Zaanan — place of flocks, mentioned only in Micah 1:11. It may be identified with Zenan, in the plain country of Judah …
ZAAyAN — terror, one of the “dukes of Edom” (Genesis 36:27); called also Zavan (1 Chronicles 1:42).…
Zabad — gift. (1.) One of David’s valiant men (1 Chronicles 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the “children of Shesh…
Zabbai — wanderer; pure. (1.) Ezra 10:28. (2.) The father of Baruch, who “earnestly repaired” part of the wall of Jerus…
Zabdi — gift of Jehovah. (1.) An ancestor of Achan (Joshua 7:1, 17, 18). He is probably the “Zirnri” of 1 Chronicles 2…
Zabdiel — gift of God. (1.) The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David’s officers (1 Chronicles 27:2). (2.) An overse…
Zabud — gift, the son of Nathan, who was “king’s friend” in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5).…
Zabulon — (Matthew 4:13, 15; Revelation 7:8). See ZEBULUN.…
Zaccai — pure, one whose “sons” returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14). (See ZABBAI.)…
Zacchaeus — pure, a superintendant of customs; a chief tax-gather (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1-10). “The collection …
Zaccur — mindful. (1.) Father of Shammua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses (Numbers 13:4). (2.) A Merarite Le…
Zachariah — remembered by the Lord. (1.) Son of Jeroboam II., king of Israel. On the death of his father there was an inte…
Zacharias — (1.) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been ori…
Zacher — memorial, a son of Jehiel (1 Chronicles 8:31; 9:35); called Zechariah (9:37).…
Zadok — righteous. (1.) A son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazer (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 24:3), high priest in the…
Zair — little, a place probably east of the Dead Sea, where Joram discomfited the host of Edom who had revolted from …
Zalmon — shady. (1.) One of David’s warriors, called the Ahohite (2 Samuel 23:28); called also Ilai (1 Chronicles 11:29…
Zalmonah — shady, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Numbers 33:41, 42).…
Zalmunna — one of the two kings of Midian whom the “Lord delivered” into the hands of Gideon. He was slain afterwards wit…
Zamzummims — a race of giants; “a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims” (Deuteronomy 2:20, 21). They were overc…
Zanoah — marsh. (1.) A town in the low country or shephelah of Judah, near Zorah (Joshua 15:34). It was re-occupied aft…
Zaphnath-Paaneah — the name which Pharaoh gave to Joseph when he raised him to the rank of prime minister or grand vizier of the …
Zarephath — smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, ab…
ZARETAN When — the Hebrews crossed the Jordan, as soon as the feet of the priests were dipped in the water, the flow of the s…
Zareth-Shahar — the splendour of the dawn, a city “in the mount of the valley” (Joshua 13:19). It is identified with the ruins…
Zarthan — a place near Succoth, in the plain of the Jordan, “in the clay ground,” near which Hiram cast the brazen utens…
Zattu — id., one whose descendants returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:8; Nehemiah 7:13); probably the…
Zaza — plenty, a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:33).…
Zeal — an earnest temper; may be enlightened (Numbers 25:11-13; 2 Corinthians 7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected…
Zealots — a sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Roman…
Zebadiah — gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab’s brother (1 Chronicles 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one …
Zebah — man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites who invaded the land of…
Zebaim — (Ezra 2:57; Nehemiah 7:59). “Pochereth of Zebaim” should be read as in the Revised Version, “Pochereth-hazzeba…
Zebedee — a Galilean fisherman, the husband of Salome (q.v.), and the father of James and John, two of our Lord’s discip…
Zeboim — gazelles or roes. (1.) One of the “five cities of the plain” of Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Genesis 1…
Zebudah — given, the wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).…
Zebul — habitation, the governor of Shechem under Abimelech (Judges 9:28, 30, 36). He informed his master of the inten…
Zebulontte — the designation of Elon, the judge who belonged to the tribe of Zebulun (Judges 12:11, 12).…
Zebulun — dwelling, the sixth and youngest son of Jacob and Leah (Genesis 30:20). Little is known of his personal histor…
ZECHARIAH Jehovah — is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, h…
Zedad — side; sloping place, a town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Numbers 34:8; Ezekiel 47:15). It has been …
Zedekiah — righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name w…
ZiELAH — slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Samuel 21:14). It was probably…
Zelek — cleft, an Ammonite; one of David’s valiant men (2 Samuel 23:37).…
Zelophehad — first-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons…
Zelotes — (Luke 6:15). See SIMON; ZEALOTS.…
Zemaraim — (1.) A town of Benjamin (Joshua 18:22); now the ruin, rather two ruins, es-Sumrah, 4 miles north of Jericho. (…
Ze Marite — the designation of one of the Phoenician tribes (Genesis 10:18) who inhabited the town of Sumra, at the wester…
Zemira — vine-dresser, a Benjamite; one of the sons of Becher (1 Chronicles 7:8).…
Zenas — a disciple called “the lawyer,” whom Paul wished Titus to bring with him (Titus 3:13). Nothing more is known o…
ZEPHANIAH Jehovah — has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness. (1.) The son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in…
Zephath — beacon; watch-tower, a Canaanite town; called also Hormah (q.v.), Judges 1:17. It has been identified with the…
Zephathah — a valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa’s conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicl…
Zerah — sunrise. (1.) An “Ethiopian,” probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an e…
Zered — =Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity…
Ze Reda — the fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is probably…
Zeredathah — a place in the plain of Jordan; the same as Zarthan (2 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Kings 7:46). Here Solomon erected th…
Zererath — (Judges 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 mile…
Zeresh — star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10).…
Zeruah — stricken, mother of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten tribes (1 Kings 11:26).…
Zerubbabel — the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. 1:1; Zorobabel, Matthew 1:12); called also the so…
Zeruiah — stricken of the Lord, David’s sister, and the mother of Abishai, Joab, and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16), who wer…
Zetham — olive planter, a Levite (1 Chronicles 23:8).…
Zethan — a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 7:10).…
ZlA — fear, a Gadite (1 Chronicles 5:13).…
ZlBA — post; statue, “a servant of the house of Saul” (2 Samuel 9:2), who informed David that Mephibosheth, a son of …
ZlBEON — robber; or dyed. (1.) A Hivite (Genesis 36:2). (2.) A Horite, and son of Seir (Genesis 36:20).…
ZlBIA — gazelle, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:9).…
ZlBIAH — the mother of King Joash (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:1).…
ZlCHRI — remembered; illustrious. (1.) A Benjamite chief (1 Chronicles 8:19). (2.) Another of the same tribe (1 Chronic…
ZlDDIM — sides, a town of Naphtali (Joshua 19:35), has been identified with Kefr-Hattin, the “village of the Hittites,”…
ZlDKIJAH — the Lord is righteous, one who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:1).…
ZlDON — a fishery, a town on the Mediterranean coast, about 25 miles north of Tyre. It received its name from the “fir…
ZlF — brightness; splendour; i.e., “the flower month,” mentioned only in 1 Kings 6:1, 37, as the “second month.” It …
ZlHA — drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Ne…
ZlKLAG — a town in the Negeb, or south country of Judah (Joshua 15:31), in the possession of the Philistines when David…
ZlLLAH — shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4: 19, 22).…
ZlLPAH — drooping, Leah’s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Genesis 30:9-13).…
ZlLTHAI — shadow (i.e., protection) of Jehovah. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:20). (2.) One of the captains of the tr…
ZlMMAH — mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:20). (2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 6:42). (3…
ZlMRAN — vine-dressers; celebrated, one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).…
ZlMRIpraise-worthy. — (1.) A son of Salu, slain by Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, because of his wickedness in bringing a Midianitish…
ZlN — a low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of A…
ZlNA — ornament, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chronicles 23:10).…
ZlON — sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the n…
ZlOR — littleness, a city in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:54); the modern Si’ air, 4 1/2 miles north-north-east …
ZlPH — flowing. (1.) A son of Jehaleleel (1 Chronicles 4:16). (2.) A city in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:24), proba…
ZlPHAH — a descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:16).…
ZlPHRON — sweet odour, a city on the northern border of Palestine (Numbers 34:9), south-east of Hamath.…
ZlPPOR — a little bird, the father of Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 22:2, 4).…
ZlPPORAH — a female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Exodus 2:21). In consequence of the event recor…
ZlTHRI — the Lord protects, a Levite, son of Uzziel (Exodus 6:22).…
ZlZ — projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi, which leads up from the Dead Sea (2 Chronic…
ZlZA — splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chronicles 4:37-43). (2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 1 1…
ZlZAH — a Gershonite Levite (1 Chronicles 23:11).…
Zoan — (Old Egypt. Sant= “stronghold,” the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greek…
Zoar — small, a town on the east or south-east of the Dead Sea, to which Lot and his daughters fled from Sodom (Genes…
Zobah — =Aram-Zobah, (Psalm 60, title), a Syrian province or kingdom to the south of Coele-Syria, and extending from t…
Zohar — brightness. (1.) The father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8). (2.) One of the sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:1…
Zoheleth — the serpent-stone, a rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel…
Zoheth — snatching (?), one of the sons of Ishi (1 Chronicles 4:20).…
Zophah — spreading out, a son of Helem (1 Chronicles 7:35), a chief of Asher.…
Zophar — chirping, one of Job’s friends who came to condole with him in his distress (Job 2:11. The LXX. render here “k…
Zorah — place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Joshua 19:41; Judges 18:2), proba…
Zuph — honeycomb, a Kohathite Levite, ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai (1 Chronicles…
Zur — rock. (1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites defeated and put to death (Numbers 31:8). (2.) …
Zuriel — rock of God, chief of the family of the Merarites (Numbers 3:35) at the time of the Exodus.…
Zurishaddai — rock of the Almighty, the father of Shelumiel, who was chief of the tribe of Simeon when Israel was encamped a…
Zuzims — restless; sprouting, were smitten “in Ham” by Chedorlaomer and his allies (Genesis 14:5). Some have identified…