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Ziha

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1884ISBE 19154 verse references

Easton's 1897

Drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1884

(parched).

1. The children of Ziha were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46) (B.C. 536.)

2. Chief of the Nethinim in Ophel. (Nehemiah 11:21) The name is probably identical with the preceding.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

zi'-ha (tsicha', tsicha' (Ne 7:46), meaning unknown): An overseer of Nethinim (Ne 11:21) who are called (Ezr 2:43; Ne 7:46) "the children (or sons) of Ziha." The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrinus omit Ne 11:20 f; the Septuagint has Sial, Lucian Siaau; in Ne 7:46; the Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Sea; Codex Alexandrinus has Oiaa; Lucian has Soulai; in Ezr 2:43 the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Southia; Codex Alexandrinus has Souaa; Lucian has Souddaei.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

Ezra 2:43Nehemiah 7:46Nehemiah 11:21Nehemiah 11:20
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