BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2140
zak.kay — Zaccai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.9 § Zaccai = "pure" the head of a family of 760 exiles returning with Zerubbabel
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2195
Zakchaios — Zacchaeus
Ζακχαῖος, -ου, ὁ (Heb. זַכַּי, cf. Neh.7:14, I Est.2:9, LXX Ζακχού), Zaccai, Zacchaeus, a publican: Luk.19:2, 5 19:8 (cf. 2Ma.10:19).† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Pure, one whose “sons” returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:9; Neh. 7:14). (See ZABBAI.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
