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Zichri

16 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references

Remembered; illustrious. (1.) A Benjamite chief (1 Chr. 8:19).

(2.) Another of the same tribe (1 Chr. 8:23).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 12 references
(memorable).
  1. Son of Ishar the son of Kohath. (Exodus 6:21) (B.C. 1401.)
  2. A Benjamite of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. 1440.)
  3. A Benjamite of the sons of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23)
  4. A Benjamite of the sons of Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:27)
  5. Son of Asaph, elsewhere called ZABDI and ZACCUB. (1 Chronicles 9:15)
  6. A descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses. (1 Chronicles 26:25) (B.C. before 1043.)
  7. The father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 27:16) (B.C. before 1043.)
  8. One of the tribe of Judah, father of Amasiah. (2 Chronicles 11:16)
  9. Father of Elishaphat, one of the conspirators with Jehoiada. (2 Chronicles 23:1) (B.C. before 876.)
  10. An Ephraimite hero in the invading army of Pekah the son of Remaliah. (2 Chronicles 28:7) (B.C. 734.)
  11. Father or ancestor of JOEL, 14. (Nehemiah 11:9)
  12. A priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:17) (B.C. 480.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references

zik'-ri (zikhri, meaning uncertain):

(1) Levites:

(a) grandson of Kohath (Ex 6:21, where some the King James Version editions read wrongly, "Zithri");

(b) an Asaphite (1Ch 9:15), called "Zabdi" in Ne 11:17, where the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus has Zechri = Zichri, but the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus other names; see ZABDI, (4);

(c) a descendant of Eliezer (1Ch 26:25).

(2) Benjamites:

(a) 1Ch 8:19;

(b) 1Ch 8:23;

(c) 1Ch 8:27;

(d) Ne 11:9.

(3) Father of Eliezer, who was one of David's tribal princes (1Ch 27:16).

(4) Father of Amasiah, "who willingly offered himself unto Yahweh" (2Ch 17:16).

(5) Father of Elishaphat, a captain in Jehoiada's time (2Ch 23:1).

(6) "A mighty man of Ephraim," who when fighting under Pekah slew the son of Ahaz, the king of Judah (2Ch 28:7).

(7) A priest in the days of Joiakim (Ne 12:17); the section, Ne 12:14-21, is omitted by the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus with the exception of "of Maluchi" (12:14); Lucian has Zacharias.

David Francis Roberts

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Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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