Dictionaries :: Ziha

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ziha:

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ziha:

brightness; whiteness; drought

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ziha:

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.

Nave's Topical Bible

Ziha: 1. One of the Nethinim

Ezr 2:43; Neh 7:46

Ziha: 2. A Ruler of the Nethinim

Neh 11:21

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ziha:

(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.