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Smith's Bible Dictionary
•A layman of Israel, of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s command. (Ezra
10:27) (B.C. 458.)
•One of the descendants of Hashum who had married a foreign wife after the captivity. (Ezra 10:33)
(B.C. 458.)
•One of the sons of Nebo whose name is mentioned under the same circumstances as the two
preceding. (Ezra 10:43)
Zabadeans
an Arab tribe who were attacked and spoiled by Jonathan, on his way back to Damascus from
his fruitless pursuit of the army of Demetrius. 1 Macc. 12:31. Their name probably survives in the
village of Zebdany, about 26 miles from Damascus.
Zabbai
(pure).
•One of the descendants of Bebai who had married a foreign wife in the days of Ezra. (Ezra 10:28)
(B.C. 458.)
•Father of Baruch who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the city wall. (Nehemiah 3:20) (B.C. before
446.)
Zabbud
(given) one of the sons of Bigvai, who returned in the second caravan with Ezra. (Ezra 8:14)
(B.C. 459.)
Zabdi
(my gift).
•Son of Zerah the son of Judah, and ancestor of Achan. (Joshua 7:1,17,18) (B.C. before 1480.)
•A Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. about 1442.)
•David’s officer over the produce of the vineyards for the wine-cellars. (1 Chronicles 21:27) (B.C.
1043.)
•Son of Asaph the minstrel, (Nehemiah 11:17) called Zaccur in (Nehemiah 12:35) and Zichri in (1
Chronicles 9:15) (B.C. before 446.)
Zabdiel
(gift of God).
•Father of Jashobeam, a chief of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 27:2) (B.C. before 1046.)
•A priest, son of the great men or as the margin gives it, “Haggedolim.” (Nehemiah 11:14) (B.C.
459.)
Zabud
(given), son of Nathan, (1 Kings 4:5) is described as a priest (Authorized Version “principal
officer”), and as holding at the court of Solomon the confidential post of “king’s friend,” which
had been occupied by Hushai the Archite during the reign of David. (2 Samuel 15:37; 16:16; 1
Chronicles 27:33) (B.C. 1012.)
Zabulon
the Greek form of the name Zebulun. (Matthew 4:13; 15; Revelation 7:8)
Zaccai
(pure). The sons of Zaccai to the number of 760, returned with Zerrubbabel. (Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah
7:14) (B.C. before 536.)
Zacchaeus
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