BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6380
po.khe.ret tse.va.yim — Pochereth-hazzebaim
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.57 § Pochereth of Zebaim = "here the cutting off" a servant of Solomon whose descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Ezra 2:57; Neh. 7:59). “Pochereth of Zebaim” should be read as in the Revised Version, “Pochereth-hazzebaim” (“snaring the antelopes”), probably the name of some hunter.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
