HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3703
כָּסִפְיָא
ka.siph.ya — Casiphia
§ Casiphia = "silvery" a place in Babylonia on the road between Babylon and Jerusalem; site uncertain
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Casiphia
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5714
עִדּוֹ
id.do — Iddo
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.14; father of: Ahinadab (H0292) § Iddo = "His witness" 1) father of Abinadab, an officer of Solomon 2) grandfather of the prophet Zechariah 3) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah 5) a seer in the time of king Jeroboam of the northern kingdom of Israel 6) son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh in the time of David 7) a chief of the temple slaves who assembled at Casiphia at the time of the 2nd caravan from Babylon
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Silver, a place between Babylon and Jerusalem, where Iddo resided (Ezra 8:17); otherwise unknown.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.