Harsha
חַרְשָׁא · char.sah · H2797“workmanship; a wood” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions in 2 books, most in Ezra (1)
Who he was
Harsha is mentioned as an ancestor of a group of temple servants, also known as Nethinim, who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. The Nethinim were assigned to assist the Levites in the service of the temple. Harsha's descendants were among the 392 Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel, as recorded in the lists found in Ezra and Nehemiah. No further information about Harsha is provided in the Bible. (Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54).
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Ezra 1 mention
Nehemiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Worker or enchanter, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain