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Zaanannim (Zaanaim)
The meaning of Zaanannim is "wanderings; the unloading of tents" Zaanannim is a place known for a famous oak, which also serves to mark the northern border of the territory of Naphtali (Joshua 19:33). Zaanannim was populated by Kenites and was close to Kedesh (Judges 4:11).
ZAAVAN (ZAVAN)
The meaning of Zaavan is "Trembling" A Horite chieftain, second named of the three sons of Ezer. (Genesis 36:27) (1 Chronicles 1:42).
ZABAD
The meaning of Zabad is "Dowry, endowed; gift" The son of Shimeath, he conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and slew him (2 Chronicles 24:25-26) (2 Kings 12:21).
ZABBAI
The meaning of Zabbai is "Zabbai is: Flowing" The father of Baruch, who "earnestly repaired" part of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:20)
ZABUD (ZABBUD)
The meaning of Zabud is "Given; gift" A son of Nathan (the prophet, probably) the chief minister to Solomon and also the king's friend (1 Kings 4:5) (1 Chronicles 2:36)
ZABDI
The meaning of Zabdi i is "gift of God; my gift"
- The grandfather of Achan of Judah, who violated Joshua's order not to take the devoted spoil from Jericho (Joshua 7:1).
- A member of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:19).
- A Shiphmite who served as an official under David, in charge of the “produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars” (1 Chronicles 27:27).
ZABDIEL
The meaning of Zabdiel is "the Lord; my rock"
- The father of Jashobeam, who was one of David's officers (1 Chronicles 27:2).
- An overseer of the priests after the Captivity (Nehemiah 11:14).
Zacchaeus
The meaning of Zacchaeus is "Pure, innocent" Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector at Jericho (Luke 19:2). He is known primarily for his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus (Luke 19:4-6), and also his generosity in giving half of all he possessed. A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus's personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost (Luke 19:8).
ZADOK (SADOC)
The meaning of Zadokis "just, righteous" Zadok was a Kohen, a descendant from Eleazar the son of Aaron. He was the High Priest of Israel during the reigns of David and Solomon (1 Kings 1:32). He aided King David during the revolt of his son Absalom, was subsequently instrumental in bringing Solomon to the throne and officiated at Solomon's coronation. After Solomon's building of the First Temple in Jerusalem, Zadok was the first High Priest to serve there (1 Chronicles 16:39).
ZAHAM
The meaning of Zahamis "oathing" Zaham was the son of Rehoboam, king of Judah, and Mahalath. He was a grandson of Solomon. Rehoboam's sons were appointed to positions within the fortified cities of the kingdom (2 Chronicles 11:19).
ZAIR
The meaning of Zair is "Little, afflicted, in tribulation" The name of a place where king Joram crossed over to in order to thwart an Edomite lunge for independence (2 Kings 8:21).
ZAKKAI (ZACCAI) (ZACCHAEUS)
The meaning of Zakkai is "Just; Fair; pure" Also called Zaccai, and in Latin the name became Zacchaeus.
- he head of a large family returning from exile (Luke 19:2-12). The patriarch of 760 regular people who returned from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2)
- A chief tax-collector and a wealthy man, called Zacchaeus.
Zakkur (ZACCUR )
The meaning of Zakkur is "Remembered; Mindful; bestowed" A companion of Ezra on his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem. A son of Asaph, and chief of one of the courses of singers as arranged by David (1 Chronicles 25:2) (1 Chronicles 25:10).
ZALAPH
The meaning of Zalaph is "Shadow; ringing; shaking" Father of Hanun, one of the repairers of the wall (Nehemiah 3:30).
ZALMON
The meaning of Zalmon is "His shade; his image"
- A member of David's elite group of fighting men (2 Samuel 23:28); he is also called Ilai (1 Chronicles 11:29).
- A mountain near Shechem from which Abimelech cut branches with which to burn the Temple of El-berith (Judges 9:48) (Psalm 68:14).
ZALMONAH
The meaning of Zalmonah is "The shade" A desert station of the Israelites, (Numbers 33:41) lies on the east side of Edom.
ZALMUNNA
The meaning of Zalmunna is "Shadow, image, idol forbidden" Zebee and Zalmunna were the two kings who led the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judges 8:1). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in escaping across the Jordan River with a remnant of the Midianite host, but were overtaken at Karkor (Judges 8:10), probably in the Hauran, and routed by Gideon. The kings were taken alive and brought back across the Jordan; and confessing that they had personally taken part in the killing of Gideon's brothers, they were put to death (Judges 8:21).
Zamzummites
The meaning of Zamzummites is "" A race of giants who inhabited the region East of the Jordan afterward occupied by the Ammonites who displaced them. They are identified with the Rephaim (Deuteronomy 2:20). They may be the same as the Zuzim mentioned in connection with the Rephaim in (Genesis 14:5).
ZANOAH
The meaning of Zanoah is "Forgetfulness; desertion"
- A town in the Judean Shephelah, grouped with Eshtaol, Zorah and Ashnah (Joshua 15:34). The Jews reoccupied the place after the exile (Nehemiah 11:30). The inhabitants assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, repairing the valley gate (Nehemiah 3:13).
- A place in the mountains (Joshua 15:56) of which Jekuthiel was the "father" or founder (1 Chronicles 4:18).
ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH
The meaning of Zaphnath-Paaneah is "he man to whom hidden things are revealed;he man to whom hidden things are revealed " Zaphnath-Paaneah is the name given by Pharaoh to Joseph in the Genesis narrative (Genesis 41:45).
ZAREPHATH
The meaning of Zarephath is "place of refinement; smelter; smelting place; place of purification with fire; place of purity; place of trial" Zarephath was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast between Sidon and Tyre, also known biblically as Sarepta (near modern Sarafand, Lebanon) Zarephath became the eponym for any smelter or forge, or metalworking shop. The prophet Elijah (1 Kings 17:8-10), after leaving the brook Cherith, multiplied the meal and oil of the widow of Zarephath (Sarepta) and raised her son from the dead there, an incident also referred to by Jesus in Luke's Gospel.
ZARETHAN (ZARETAN) (ZARTHAN )
The meaning of Zarethan "Tribulation, perplexity" Zaretan or Zarethan, also known as Zeredathah, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as near the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan (Joshua 3:16).
ZARETH-SHAHAR
The meaning of Zareth-shahar is "splendor of the dawn" A place identified as being "in the mount of the valley" (Joshua 13:19), which delineates the borders of the tribe of Reuben apportioned by Moses (Joshua 13:15-23).
ZATTU (ZATTHU)
The meaning of Zattu is "sprout; shoot; branch; green; fresh; lovely; pleasant; tender; young; olive branch" Head of a large family that returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem from Babylon (Ezra 2:8) (Ezra 10:27) (Nehemiah 7:13) (Nehemiah 7:13). Zattu was one of the chiefs who signed Nehemiah's covenant.
ZAZA
The meaning of Zaza is "brightness; fulness" A son of Jonathan, and descendant of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:33)
ZEBADIAH
The meaning of Zebadiah is "given by God"
- A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chronicles 27:7).
- A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:7-9).
- The son of Ishmael, "the ruler of the house of Judah in all the king's matters" (2 Chronicles 19:8-11).
- A son of Beriah (1 Chronicles 8:15).
- A Korhite porter of the Lord's house (1 Chronicles 26:2).
ZEBAH
The meaning of Zebah is "Victim, sacrifice" Zebee and Zalmunna were the two kings who led the Midianites who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and decisive victory (Judges 8:1). Zebah and Zalmunna had succeeded in escaping across the Jordan River with a remnant of the Midianite host, but were overtaken at Karkor (Judges 8:10), probably in the Hauran, and routed by Gideon. The kings were taken alive and brought back across the Jordan; and confessing that they had personally taken part in the killing of Gideon's brothers, they were put to death (Judges 8:21).
ZEBEDEE
The meaning of Zebedee is "gift of Jehovah" Zebedee was the father of James and John, disciples of Jesus Christ. When Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He called to James and John, who were “in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets” (Matthew 4:21). James and John immediately left their father to follow Jesus (Mark 1:20). Zebedee was married to Salome (Matthew 27:56) (Mark 15:40), one of “the women who had followed Jesus from Galilee” (Luke 23:49).
ZEBIDAH (ZEBUDAH)
The meaning of Zebidah is "Endowed, endowing" Wife of King Josiah and mother of King Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).
ZEBINA
The meaning of Zebina is "Flowing now, selling, buying" One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:43)
ZEBOIM (ZEBOYIM)
The meaning of Zeboyim is "goats, gazelles" was one of the "five cities of the plain" of Sodom, generally coupled with Admah (Genesis 10:19) (Hosea 11:8). It had a king of its own (Genesis 14:2), and was therefore a place of some importance. It was destroyed along with the other cities of the plain, according to (Deuteronomy 29:23).
ZEBUL
The meaning of Zebul is "A habitation" He is one of Abimelech's officers, and the governor of the city of Shechem. Zebul played an important role in the rebellion and defeat of Gaal, secretly sending messengers to Abimelech warning him of the situation (Judges 9:37-39).
ZEBULUN
The meaning of Zebulun is "dwelling of honor" Zebulun was the sixth son of Jacob by his wife Leah and the tenth of all Jacob’s sons. Zebulun’s birth came during the ongoing rivalry between sisters Rachel and Leah for their husband’s attention (Genesis 30:20). Zebulun was among the older brothers who conspired to kill their younger brother, Joseph, because of jealousy (Genesis 37:4). In the end, they did not kill him but sold him to some traders headed to Egypt (Genesis 37:26). Before he died, Moses also blessed the tribe of Zebulun, saying, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out” (Deuteronomy 33:18). Once settled in their land, the tribe of Zebulun became traders and sailors and profited much by the seagoing trade.
ZEBULUNITE (ZEBULONITE)
The meaning of Zebulunite is "Hebrew tribe" A member of the Hebrew tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:31), The territory Zebulun was allocated was at the southern end of the Galilee. Zebulunites were one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites.
ZECHARIAH (ZACHARIAH) (ZACHARIAS)
The meaning of Zechariah is "God remembers" A variation of Zachariah.
- prophet who prophesied in the days of Haggai and who wrote the book of Zechariah (Ezra 5:1) (Zechariah 1:1). This prophet is also mentioned by Jesus as having been murdered by the rebellious and disobedient Jews of his day (Matthew 23:35).
- a king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 15:8). King Zechariah was a wicked man, the last of Jehu’s doomed dynasty, and he was assassinated after only six months on the throne.
- The priest Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5).
ZEDAD
The meaning of Zedad is "side; sloping place" A town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Numbers 34:8) (Ezekiel 47:15).
ZEDEKIAH (ZIDKIJAH)
The meaning of Zedekiah is "God is my righteousness" Zedekiah, original name Mattaniah (2 Kings 24:17), king of Judah (2 Kings 24:18) whose reign ended in the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1) and the deportation of most of the Jews to Babylon (Jeremiah 24:7-9). Mattaniah was the son of Josiah and the uncle of Jehoiachin, the reigning king of Judah.
ZEEB
The meaning of Zeeb is "wolf" Oreb and Zeeb were raiding Israel with the use of swift camels, until they were decisively defeated by Gideon (Judges 7:20–25). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (Psalm 83:12) (Isaiah 10:26).
zeker (ZACHER)
The meaning of Zeeb is "wolf" One of the sons of Jehiel, the father or founder of Gibeon, by his wife Maachah. (1 Chronicles 8:31)
ZekkUR (ZACCUR)
The meaning of Zekkur is "Mindful" Zekkur was the ancient king of Hamath and Luhuti in Syria.
ZELAH
The meaning of Zelah is "Rib, side, halting" Zelah or Zela was an unidentified place in the territory of the Tribe of Benjamin (Joshua 18:28), ancient Judea, known as the burial place of King Saul, his father Kish and his son Jonathan, with the 7 grandsons of Saul hung by the Gibeonites.
ZELEK
The meaning of Zelek is "The shadow or noise of him that licks or laps" There is only one man named Zelek in the Bible, and that is Zelek the Ammonite, one of David's mighty-men (2 Samuel 23:37) (1 Chronicles 11:39).
ZELOPHEHAD
The meaning of Zelophehad is "The shade or tingling of fear" Zelophehad is part of the generation of Israelites who departed from Egypt under Moses' leadership and died during the forty years in the wilderness. His five daughters (Numbers 26:33) belong to the new generation that would enter and possess the promised land.
ZELOTes
The meaning of Zelotes is "one burning with zeal, a zealot" Simon born in Cana of Galilee who for his fervent affection for his Master and great zeal that he showed by all means to the Gospel, was surnamed Zelotes, having received the Holy Ghost from above, travelled through Egypt, and Africa, then through Mauretania and all Libya, preaching the Gospel.
ZELZAH
The meaning of Zelzah is "Noontide" A place where Samuel told Saul he would meet two men with news that the asses were found. Its position is defined as "by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin" (1 Samuel 10:2).
ZEMARAIM
The meaning of Zemaraim is "Wool, pith" A mount in the highlands of Ephraim, to the north of Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 13:4-20). Here the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam engaged in a bloody battle, which issued in the total defeat of the king of Israel, who never "recovered strength again," and soon after died.
ZEMARITE
The meaning of Zemarite is "wool" One of the Phoenician tribes (Genesis 10:18) who inhabited the town of Sumra, at the western base of the Lebanon range (1 Chronicles 1:16).
ZEMIRA (ZEMIRAh)
The meaning of Zemira is "Song, vine, palm" A vine-dresser, a Benjamite; one of the sons of Becher (1 Chronicles 7:8)
ZENAN
The meaning of Zenan is "Coldness, target, weapon" A town in the lowland district of Judah (Joshua 15:37), where it is named before Hadashah and Migdal-gad in the western group of the tribe.
ZENAS
The meaning of Zenas is "Living" Zenas the Lawyer was a first-century Christian mentioned in Paul the Apostle's Epistle to Titus (Titus 3:13).
ZEPHANIAH
The meaning of Zephaniah is "Hidden by God" Zephaniah, also spelled Sophonias, Israelite prophet, said to be the author of one of the shorter Old Testament prophetical books, who proclaimed the approaching divine judgment. The first verse of the Book of Zephaniah makes him a contemporary of Josiah, king of Judah (Zephaniah 1:1)
ZEPHATH
The meaning of Zephath is "broken rock; "banned; devoted to destruction" An unidentified city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in relation to several conflicts between the migrant Israelite people seeking to enter the Promised Land and the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt at that time in southern Canaan (Judges 1:17).
ZEPHATHAH
The meaning of Zephathah is "place of the watchtower; high watch" The name of a valley in which king Asa of Judah came face to face with Zerah the Cushite and his army of a million men (2 Chronicles 14:10). More specifically: they met at Mareshah in the valley of Zephathah.
ZEPHO (ZEPHI)
The meaning of D is "That sees and observes, that expects or covers" Zepho was a son of Eliphaz, his brothers were Omar, Teman, Gatam, Kenaz and Amalek (Genesis 36:11).
(ZEPHON) (ZIPHION) (ZEPHONITES)
The meaning of Zephonites is "treasure" The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites (Numbers 26:15)
ZER
The meaning of Zer is "probably in the neighborhood of the southwest side of the Lake of Gennesareth." A fortified town in the allotment of Naphtali, probably in the neighborhood of the southwest side of the Lake of Gennesareth. (Joshua 19:35)
ZERAH (zarah)
The meaning of Zerah is "glowing; dawn" Zerah was the son of Tamar and Judah, and was the twin of Perez (Genesis 38:30). This same Zerah is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in (Matthew 1:3). Zerah is also listed as the ancestor of Achan, who was stoned to death as recounted in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 7:1).
ZERAHIAH
The meaning of Zerahiah is "The Lord rising; brightness of the Lord" A priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chronicles 6:51), head of a family, who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:4).
zerahites
The meaning of Zarhites is "uncertain" A branch of the tribe of Judah, descended from Zerah the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:13-20) (Joshua 7:17) (1 Chronicles 27:11-15)
ZERED (ZARED)
The meaning of Zerad is "willow bush, a brook or valley" Zered (also Zared) is a name used in the Torah for a brook and its valley. It is mentioned briefly in (Deuteronomy 2:13-14) and more extensively in (Numbers 21:12-13), as the place where the Israelites camp on their final approach to Moab.
ZEREDA (ZEREDAh)
The meaning of Zereda is "Ambush, change of dominion" the fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26).
ZERERAH (ZERERATH)
The meaning of Zererah is "cutting; sharp; penetrating; piercing; cold; cool; cooling" A place named in the account of the defeat of the Midianites by Gideon (Judges 7:22). It is thought to be the same place as Zarethan and Zeredah.
ZERESH
The meaning of Zeresh is "Misery, strange, dispersed inheritance" Zeresh was the wife of Haman the Agagite, she advised her husband to prepare a high gallows (50 cubits) and to hang Mordecai on it (Esther 5:14). However, she later advised Haman that he would not be able to win against Mordecai (Esther 6:12-14). Their plans were soon reversed when King Ahasuerus ordered Haman to be hanged on the same gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:9-10). Ten sons of Haman were later killed in fighting, and Ahasuerus had their bodies hanged on the same gallows that their father was hanged on (Esther 9:7-14).
ZERETH
The meaning of Zereth is "Perplexity" Son of Ashhur and his wife Helah, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:7)
ZERI
The meaning of Zeri is "fashion or form" He is one of the six musical sons of the famous poet Jeduthun, who played harp in the temple in service of king David and under the directions of their father (1 Chronicles 25:3).
ZEROR
The meaning of Zeror is "Root, that straitens or binds, that keeps tight" The grandfather of Kish and the great-grandfather of Saul of Benjamin, who became king Saul of Israel (1 Samuel 9:1).
ZERUAH
The meaning of Zeruah is "Leprous, wasp, hornet" Zeruah was an ancestor of Jeroboam, the first king of the Kingdom of Israel (1 Kings 11:26).
ZERUBBABEL (ZOROBABEL)
The meaning of Zerubbabel is "God's servant" Zerubbabel was governor of Judaea under whom the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem took place (Ezra 4:2).
ZERUIAH
The meaning of Zeruiah is "Pain or tribulation of the Lord" Zeruiah was a sister of King David. According to both and the Babylonian Talmud, Zeruiah was a daughter of Jesse and sister of Abigail (1 Chronicles 2:13–17) (2 Samuel 17:25).
ZETHAM
The meaning of Zetham is "Bloom, Olive, Olive Tree" He was a son of Ladan, a Gershonites Levite at the time of Solomon's ascent to the throne of Israel (1 Chronicles 23:8). Together with his brother Joel and the sons of his brother Jehiel he was in charge of the treasuries of the house of YHWH (1 Chronicles 26:22).
ZETHAN
The meaning of Zethan is "Blossom, Olive, Eager To Bear Fruit" Zethan is mentioned as one of the sons of Bilhan, son of Jediael of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:10).
ZETHAR
The meaning of Zethar is "He that examines or beholds" A eunuch of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10).
ZIA
The meaning of Zia is "Radiant" Zia was one of seven "kinsmen in their fathers' households" of the tribe of Gad (1 Chronicles 5:13).
ZIBA
The meaning of Ziba is "Army; fight; strength" He was a servant of Saul (2 Samuel 9:2), and then later of Saul's grandson, Mephibosheth. David speaks to him and tells him how Mephibosheth will be his master (2 Samuel 16:1-3). Ziba comes to David with provisions, and claims that Mephibosheth has broken faith with David, Mephibosheth tells David that Ziba had been lying. Ziba was lying in order to "make himself appear to be the only loyal subject worthy of David's benefactions, and of title to Saul's property (2 Samuel 16:4).
ZIBEON
The meaning of Zibeon is "robber" Zibeon was the father of Anah, whose daughter Aholibamah was Esau's wife (Genesis 36:2). Although called a Hivite, he may be the same as Zibeon the son of Seir the Horite (1 Chronicles 1:40)
ZIBIAH (ZIBIA) (SIBIA)
The meaning of Zibia is "The Lord dwells; deer; goat; Doe" Zibiah, or Sibia, was the consort of King Ahaziah of Judah, and the mother of King Jehoash of Judah (2 Kings 12:1). She was from Beersheba.
ZIDDIM
The meaning of Ziddim is "Huntings; treasons; destructions" Ziddim was an ancient city in Naphtali Ziddim was an ancient city in Naphtali (Joshua 19:35).
ZIDKIJAH (ZEDEKIAH)
The meaning of Zidikjah is "God is my righteousness" Zidikjah, original name Mattaniah (2 Kings 24:17), king of Judah (2 Kings 24:18) whose reign ended in the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1) and the deportation of most of the Jews to Babylon (Jeremiah 24:7-9). Mattaniah was the son of Josiah and the uncle of Jehoiachin, the reigning king of Judah.
ZIDON (SIDON)
The meaning of Zidon is "Hunting; fishing; fishing town"
- Zidon, the "first-born" of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:14-19).
- It was the first home of the Phoenicians on the coast of Canaan, and from its extensive commercial relations became a "great" city (Joshua 11:8) (Joshua 19:28).
- It was the mother city of Tyre. It lay within the lot of the tribe of Asher, but was never subdued (Judges 1:31).
- Elijah sojourned in Sidon, performing miracles (1 Kings 17:9–24) (Luke 4:26).
- Jesus visited the region or "coasts" of Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21) (Mark 7:24) and from this region many came forth to hear him preaching (Mark 3:8) (Luke 6:17),
ZIDONIANS (SIDONIANS )
The meaning of Zidonians is "Hunting; fishing; venison" A native or inhabitant of Sidon (Zidon). They were idolaters and worshipped Ashtoreth as their tutelary goddess (Judges 11:5-33) (2 Kings 23:13), as well as the sun-god Baal, from whom their king was named (1 Kings 16:31).
ZIHA
The meaning of Ziha is "Brightness, whiteness, drought" The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43) (Nehemiah 7:46). A ruler among the Nethinim (Nehemiah 11:21).
ZIKLAG
The meaning of Ziklag is "winding; bending; flowing; outpouring of a fountain; pouring out of water" A town that was located in the Negev region in the south-west of what was the Kingdom of Judah. It was a provincial town within the Philistine kingdom of Gath when Achish was king (Josh. 15: 31). It is mentioned as being a city of Simeon, in (Joshua 19 :5).
ZIKRI (ZICHRI)
The meaning of Zikri is "remembered; illustrious" An Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king's son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king (2 Chronicles 28:7).
ZILLAH
The meaning of Zillah is "shade; protection" Zillah is named as one of the wives of Lamech, an ancestor of the Israelites (Genesis 4:19).
ZILLETHAI
The meaning of Zillethai is "My shadow, my talk; shadow " One of the sons of Shimei of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:20). One of the military chiefs-of-thousand who defected from the army of Manasseh and joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:20).
ZILPAH
The meaning of Zilpah is "Distillation from the mouth" Zilpah was given as a wedding gift to Leah by her father Laban (Genesis 29:24) on the occasion of Leah's marriage to Jacob. Through the initiative of Leah, Zilpah became a secondary wife to Jacob and bore him two sons, Gad and Asher (Genesis 35:26).
ZIMMAH
The meaning of Zimmah is "Thought, wickedness" The father of Joah, who was among the Gershonites who helped clean up the temple as part of the reforms of king Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:12).
ZIMRAN
The meaning of Zimran is "Singer Of Praise; holy" also known as Zambran, was the first son of the marriage of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah, whom he wed after the death of Sarah (Genesis 25:2) (1 Chronicles 1:32).
ZIMRI
The meaning of Zimri is "praiseworthy"
- Zimri, was the fifth king of Israel, ruling while Asa was king over Judah (1 Kings 16:8-10). His reign lasted only seven days. When Baasha died, his son Elah became king and continued the evil of his father. He reigned for two years until one of his own military officials, Zimri, decided to assassinate him (1 Kings 16:9).
- Zimri, son of Salu, a Simeonite prince (Numbers 25:14).
ZIN
The meaning of Zin is "Buckler, coldness"
- A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim and Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 34:4) (Joshua 15:3).
- The Wilderness of Zin is the tract deriving its name from the town (Numbers 34:3). It is identified with the wilderness of Kadesh in (Numbers 33:36) while in other places Kadesh is said to be in the wilderness of Zin (Numbers 20:1) (Numbers 27:14) (Deuteronomy 32:51).
ZINA (ZIZAH)
The meaning of Zina is "to be a harlot" Shimei the Gershonite had four sons, among whom Zina (1 Chronicles 23:11)
ZION
The meaning of Zion is "highest point" Zion was the easternmost of the two hills of ancient Jerusalem. It was the site of the Jebusite city captured by David, king of Israel and Judah, in the 10th century bc (2 Samuel 5:6–9) and established by him as his royal capital. Zion is often used to describe a place appointed by the Lord where his followers can live and serve God (Psalm 50:2). Scripture refers to Zion as the “City of Holiness” and a “city of refuge” where the Lord protects his people from the evils in the world.
ZIOR
The meaning of Zior is "Ship of him that watches" A town in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:54)
ZIPH
The meaning of Ziph is "This mouth or mouthful, falsehood; overwhelming" Ziph was a town in the Judean Mountains (Joshua 15:55) south-east of Hebron. Here David hid himself from Saul (1 Samuel 23:19) (Psalm 54:1).
ZIPHAH
The meaning of Ziphah is "to borrow" occurs only once in the Bible. He is mentioned as a son of Jehallelel of Judah, and a brother of Ziph (1 Chronicles 4:16),
ZIPHIMS
The meaning of Ziphite is "A Ziphite or inhabitant of Ziph" Ziphims were the inhabitants of a city called Ziph, which was in the tribe of Judah, (Joshua 15:55), near to which was a wilderness, which had its name from the city in which David was when they came to Saul with this news of him.
(ZEPHON) (ZIPHION) (ZEPHONITES)
The meaning of Zephon is "Gaze, Cover, Hidden" The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites (Numbers 26:15). The first of the seven sons of Gad, the seventh son of Jacob and the first of Zilpah, which makes Ziphion one of the sixty-six proto-Israelites who moved to Goshen in Egypt (Genesis 46:16).
ZIPHITES
The meaning of Ziphites is "Inhabitants of the city of Ziph" A town in the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:55). David hid from Saul in the open country near Ziph (1 Samuel 23:19) (Psalm 54:1). In the same region David later took Saul’s spear and water jar and spared his life (1 Samuel 26:1). The same town was fortified by Rehoboam after the secession of the northern kingdom (2 Chronicles 11:5)
ZIPHRON
The meaning of Ziphron is "Falsehood of a song, rejoicing" A place on the northern boundary of the Promised Land, and consequently also of Naphtali (Numbers 34:9), where it is mentioned between Zedad and Hazar-enan
ZIPPOR
The meaning of Zippor is "a little bird" the father of Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 22:2) (Numbers 22:4).
ZIPPORAH
The meaning of Zipporah is "bird" Zipporah, or Tzipora is a Midianite woman who becomes the wife of Moses (Exodus 2:21). She and Moses have two sons, Gershom and Eliezer (Exodus 18:3-4)
ZITHRI (sITHRI)
The meaning of Zithri is "Jehovah conceals; protection of Jehovah; Jehovah's shelter" Son of Uzziel, and grandson of Kohath, a son of Levi (Exodus 6:22).
ZIV
The meaning of Ziv is "brightness; splendour" In the Hebrew Bible, before the Babylonian captivity, the month was called Ziv (1 Kings 6:1) (1 Kings 6:37).
ZIZ
The meaning of Ziz is "a giant griffin-like bird"
- God sends the fantastic Ziz to help Noah load the animals onto the ark. The clumsy bird abounds in enthusiasm, but works too quickly and too roughly; he is more hindrance than help.
- The cliff or pass of Ziz was that by which the Moabites and Ammonites came up from the shores of the Dead Sea to give battle to King Jehoshaphat's forces (2 Chronicles 20:16)
ZIZA (ZIZAH)
The meaning of Ziza is "Shining, going back"
- Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37)
- A son of King Rehoboam, his mother being a daughter or grand-daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20).
ZOAN
The meaning of Zoan is "walk or move; migration" A city of Egypt in the eastern Nile delta, it was built seven years after Hebron was built (Numbers 13:22).
ZOAR
The meaning of Zoar is "Little, small; insignificance" Zoar, previously called Bela (Genesis 14:8), was one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis at that time of Abram or Abraham named later, it was a highly fertile valley apparently located along the lower Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea plain and mentioned in the Book of Genesis. It was said to have been spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters (Genesis 19:30).
ZOBAH (ZOBA)
The meaning of Zobah is "Gilded" An Aramean kingdom of which we have the first notice in Saul's wars (1 Samuel 14:47). During David's Ammonite war, the enemy was strengthened by alliance with Zobah, Maacah and Beth-rehob, and Israel was attacked from both North and South at the same time (2 Samuel 8:5).
ZOBEBAH
ZOHAR
The meaning of Zohar is "Splendor; Radiance"
- The father of Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23:8).
- One of the sons of Simeon (Genesis 46:10) (Exodus 6:15).
ZOHELETH
The meaning of Zoheleth is "the serpent-stone" A rocky plateau near the centre of the village of Siloam, and near the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1 Kings 1:5-9).
ZOHETH
The meaning of Zoheth is "Separation, amazing" One of the sons of Ishi of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20).
ZOPHAH
The meaning of Zophah is "viol; honeycomb" Zophah is one of the descendants of Issachar, one of the sons of the Patriarch Jacob (1 Chronicles 7:35-36)
ZOPHAI
The meaning of Zophai is "a flowing; an overflowing" A son of Elkanah of Levi, and an ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:26).
ZOPHAR
The meaning of Zophar is "chirping; rising early" one of the three comforters of Job (Job 2:11). Like the other two comforters, Bildad and Eliphaz, emphasizes an old Hebrew concept—suffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man; therefore, Job’s protests of innocence are deceptive, even sinful. Zophar is portrayed as more hotheaded than his two friends (Job 11:1-3).
ZOPHIM
The meaning of Zophim is "Place for a watchman" The name Zophim occurs only once in the Bible. It's the name of a territory in Moab, where Mount Pisgah stood, and where Balak took Balaam to attempt to curse Israel the second time (Numbers 23:14)
ZORAH (ZOREAH)
The meaning of Zorah is "Leprosy, scab, hornet" Zorah was mentioned together with Ajalon in the Amarna letters as a city attacked by the Apiru. Zorah has been identified with the biblical Zoreah (Joshua 15:33), and is the birthplace of Samson. (Judges 13:2) "there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah"
ZORATHITES
The meaning of Zorathites is "the inhabitants of Zorah" Family descended from Shobal, son of Judah: probably so called because of inhabiting Zorah (1 Chronicles 4:2).
ZOREAH (ZORAH )
The meaning of Zoreah is "Leprosy, scab, hornet" Zoreah was mentioned together with Ajalon in the Amarna letters as a city attacked by the Apiru. Zorah has been identified with the biblical Zoreah (Joshua 15:33), and is the birthplace of Samson. (Judges 13:2) "there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah"
ZORITES
The meaning of Zorites is "inhabitants of Zorah" The inhabitants of Zorah, (1 Chronicles 2:54) as descended from Salma the brother of Shobal, and hence classed with the descendants of the latter the "Zareathites and the Eshtaulites"
ZOROBABEL (ZERUBBABEL)
The meaning of Zorobbabel is "God's servant" Zorobbabel was governor of Judaea under whom the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem took place (Ezra 4:2).
ZUAR
The meaning of Zuar is "Little, small" Father of Nethaneel the chief of the tribe of Issachar at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:8) (Numbers 2:5) (Numbers 7:18) (Numbers 7:23) (Numbers 10:15)
ZUPH
The meaning of Zuph is "honeycomb" a Kohathite Levite, a fact not mentioned in the books of Samuel. He was the ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1); called also Zophai in the parallel passage, (1 Chronicles 6:26)
ZUR
The meaning of Zur is "Stone; rock; that besieges"
- A Midianite prince whose daughter, Cozbi, was killed by Phinehas along with her new husband, Zimri of Israel (Numbers 25:15) (Numbers 25:6-8). Zur was slain by the Israelites in the battle in which Moses defeated Sihon, king of the Amorites (Numbers 31:8) (Joshua 13:21 ).
ZURIEL
The meaning of Zuriel is "the Lord, my rock" Zuriel was a Levite and chief of the Merari clans during the Exodus (Numbers 3:35).
ZURISHADDAI
The meaning of Zurishaddai is "The Almighty is my rock and strength" The father of Shelumiel, who was chief of the tribe of Simeon when Israel was encamped at Sinai (Numbers 1:6) (Numbers 2:12 ).
(ZUZITES) ZUZIM
The meaning of Zuzites is "moving things" According to the Hebrew Bible, the Zuzim or Zuzites were a tribe who lived in Ham, a land east of the Jordan River between Bashan and Moab. A race of giants conquered by Kedorlaomer and his allies at Ham (Genesis 14:5).