BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6727
tsi.ach — Ziha
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.43 § Ziha = "parched" 1) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel 2) a chief of the temple slaves in Ophel in the time of Nehemiah
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
