Topic
Ziha
4 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezra 2:43Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. One of the Nethinim
¶ The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
- Nehemiah 7:46Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. One of the Nethinim
¶ The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
- Nehemiah 11:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A ruler of the Nethinim
But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
- Nehemiah 11:20ISBE
¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
- The children of Ziha were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46) (B.C. 536.)
- Chief of the Nethinim in Ophel. (Nehemiah 11:21) The name is probably identical with the preceding.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
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.
In the topical indexes
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.