Dictionaries :: Ziz

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ziz:

projecting; a flower, a cleft or pass, probably that near En-gedi, which leads up from the Dead Sea (2Ch 20:16) in the direction of Tekoa; now Tell Hasasah.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ziz:

flower; branch; a lock of hair

Nave's Topical Bible

Ziz: A Pass in the Territory of the Tribe of Judah

2Ch 20:16

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ziz:

(the projection) the cliff of, the pass by which the horde of Moabites, Ammonites and Mehunim made their way up from the shores of the Dead Sea to the wilderness of Judah near Tekoa (2 Chronicles 20:16 only; compare 2 Chronicles 20:20). It was the pass of Ain Jidy-the very same route which is taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present day.