ZERESH ze'-resh (zeresh, "gold," from the Persian; Sosara): The wife of Haman (Esther 5:10,14; 6:13), the vizier of Xerxes. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZERESH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEREDAH; ZEREDATH; ZEREDATHA; ZERERAH; ZERERATH zer'-e-da, zer'-e-dath, zer-e-da'-tha, zer'-e-ra, zer'-e-rath. See ZARETHAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEREDAH; ZEREDATH; ZEREDATHA; ZERERAH; ZERERATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1

ZERAHITES ze'-ra-hits (ha-zarchi; Codex Vaticanus ho Zarai; Codex Alexandrinus ho Zaraei; the King James Version Zarhites): (1) A family of Simeonites (Numbers 26:13). (2) Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah (Numbers 26:20). To this family Achan belonged (Joshua 7:17), as did also two of David's captains (1 Chronicles 27:11,13). Copyright Statemen

ZERED ze'-red (zeredh; Codex Vaticanus Zaret; Codex Alexandrinus Zare; the King James Version, Zared (Numbers 21:12)): This is the nachal or "torrent valley" given as the place where Israel encamped before they reached the Arnon (Numbers 21:12). In Deuteronomy 2:13, the crossing of the brook Zered marks the end of the 38 years' desert wanderings.

ZERAHIAH zer-a-hi'-a (zerachyah, "Yahweh hath risen" or "come forth"; the Septuagint has Zaraia, with variants): (1) A priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chronicles 6:6,51; Ezra 7:4). (2) A head of a family, who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:4). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A.,

ZERAH ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain): (1) In Genesis 38:30; 46:12; Numbers 26:20; Joshua 7:1,18,24; 22:20; 1 Chronicles 2:4,6; 9:6; Nehemiah 11:24; Matthew 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Numbers 26:20; Joshua 7:17 f he is the head of the Zerahites (also 1 Chronicles 27:11,13). the King James Version has

ZERAH (THE ETHIOPIAN) (zerach ha-kushi (2 Chronicles 14:9); Zare): A generation ago the entire story of Zerah's conquest of Asa, coming as it did from a late source (2 Chronicles 14:9-15), was regarded as "apocryphal": "If the incredibilities are deducted nothing at all is left" (Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, 207, 208); but mos

ZEPHONITES ze'-fon-its, ze-fo'-nits (ha-tsphoni; ho Saphoni, Codex Alexandrinus omits): A family of Gadites descended from Zephon (Numbers 26:15), who is called "Ziphion" in Genesis 46:16. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEPHONITES'". "International Stan

ZER zer, zer (tser; in Septuagint the verse (Joshua 19:35) reads kai hai poleis teichereis ton Turion, which implies a Hebrew text with ha-tsurim, "Tyrians"; this must be an error): One of the fortified cities in Naphtali, named between Ziddim (ChaTTin) and Hammath (el-Chammeh, South of Tiberias). If the text is correct, it must have lain on the s

ZEPHON ze'-fon. See ZIPHION. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEPHON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEPHATHAH, VALLEY OF zef'-a-tha (ge'tsephathah; Septuagint kata borran, reading tsephoah, instead of tsephathah): This is the place where Asa met and defeated the Ethiopians under Zerah (2 Chronicles 14:10). It is said to be at Mareshah. No name resembling this has been recovered there. Possibly, therefore, the Septuagint rendering is right, "in t

ZEPHI; ZEPHO ze'-fi, ze'-fo (tsephi, perhaps "gaze," or "gazing," in 1 Chronicles 1:36; tspho, the same meaning in Genesis 36:11,15): A duke of Edom. Septuagint has Sophar, which Skinner (Genesis, 431) says may be the original of Job's kind friend. In Genesis 36:43 the Septuagint has Zaphoei (= tsepho, i.e. Zepho), for Iram. Skinner holds it proba

ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF I. THE AUTHOR 1. Name 2. Ancestry 3. Life II. TIME 1. Date 2. Political Situation 3. Moral and Religious Conditions III. BOOK 1. Contents 2. Integrity IV. TEACHING 1. The Day of Yahweh 2. Universalism 3. Messianic Prophecy LITERATURE I. The Author. 1. Name: The name "Zephaniah" (tsephanyah; Sophonias), which is

ZEPHATH ze'-fath. See HORMAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEPHATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEPHANIAH, APOCALYPSE OF A (probably) Jewish apocryphal work of this name is mentioned in the Stichometry of Nicephorus and another list practically identical with this; a quotation from it is also preserved by Clement of Alexandria (Strom., v. 11,77). Dr. Charles thinks this indicates a Christian revision (Encyclopedia Brittanica, II, article "Apo

ZEPHANIAH zef-a-ni'-a (tsephanyah, tsephanyahu, "Yah hath treasured"): (1) The prophet. See ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF. (2) A Levite or priest (1 Chronicles 6:36 (Hebrew 6:21)), called in some genealogies "Uriel" (1 Chronicles 6:24; 15:5,11). (3) Judean father or fathers of various contemporaries of Zechariah, the prophet (Zechariah 6:10,14). (4) A pr

ZENAS ze'-nas (Zenas (Titus 3:13); the name in full would probably be Zenodorus, literally, meaning "the gift of Zeus"): 1. A Jewish Lawyer: Paul calls Zenas "the lawyer." The meaning of this is, that, previous to his becoming a Christian, he had been a Jewish lawyer. The lawyers were that class of Jewish teachers who were specially learned in th

ZEND-AVESTA zend-a-ves'-ta. See PERSIAN RELIGION; ZOROASTRIANISM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZEND-AVESTA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ZEMIRAH ze-mi'-ra (zemirah, meaning uncertain; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Amarias; Codex Alexandrinus Zamarias; the King James Version Zemira): A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8), but more probably of Zebulun (Curtis, Chronicles, 145). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Gener

ZENAN ze'-nan. See ZAANAN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ZENAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.