Zimran
(Heb. Zimran’, , celebrated; Sept. v.r. , , etc.; Vulg. Zama and Zacinr-imr), first named of the nine sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1, 32). B.C. cir. 2020. His descendants are not mentioned, nor is any hint given that he was the founder of a tribe; the contrary would rather appear to be the case. Some would identify Zimran with the Zimri of Jer 25:25, but these lay too far to the north. The Greek form of the name, as found in the Sept., has suggested a comparison with , the chief city of the Cinaedocolpitae, who dwelt On the Red Sea, west of Mecca. But this is extremely doubtful, for this tribe, probably the same with the ancient Kenda, was a branch of the Joktanite Arabs, who in the most ancient times occupied Yemen, and may only have come into possession of Zabram at a later period (Knobe], Genesis). Hitzig and Lengerke propose to connect the name Zimrari with Zimi? is a district of Ethiopia mentioned by Pliny (36, 25); but Grotius, with more plausibility, finds a trace of it in the Zameneni, a tribe of the interior of Arabia (Pliny, 6:32). The identification of Zimran with the modern Beni Omrnan and the ..Banin Zomneis of Diodorus, proposed by Mr. Forster (Geogr. of Arabia, 1, 431), cannot be seriously maintained. Winer (Handw. s.v.), suggests the Zimara of Asia Minor (Ptolemy, 5, 7, 2; Pliny, 10:20) or Zimycra (Zilpa) of Asia (Ptolemy, 6:17, 8). SEE ARABIA.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Zimran
vine-dressers; celebrated, one of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Zimran
Oldest son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen 25:2). Settled in the E. country. Zabram, an ancient city between Mecca and Medina (Ptolemy 6:7, Section 5), and the Zamereni a tribe in the interior of Africa, are names comparable with Zimran.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Zimran
ZIMRAN.A son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen 25:2 = 1Ch 1:32. The ethnological signification of the word is doubtful. The name is derived from zemer, mountain-sheep or-goat, this animal having doubtless been the totem of the clan.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Zimran
zimran (, zimran, from , zemer, wild sheep or wild goat, the ending -an being gentilic; Skinner, Gen, 350): Son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32). The various manuscripts of the Septuagint give the name in different forms, e.g. in Gen A, , Zebran; Codex Sinaiticus , Zemran; Codex Alexandrinus(1) , Zembram; Dsil , Zombran; and Lucian , Zemran; in Chronicles, Codex Vaticanus has , Zembran, Codex Alexandrinus , Zemran, Lucian , Zemran (compare Brooke and McLean’s edition of the Septuagint for Genesis).
Hence, some have connected the name with Zabram of Ptol. vi. 7, 5, West of Mecca; others with the Zamareni of Pliny (Ant. vi. 158) in the interior of Arabia; but according to Skinner and E. Meyer (see Gunkel, Gen3, 261) these would be too far south. Curtis (Chronicles, 72) says the name is probably to be identified with the Zimri of Jer 25:25. It would then be the name of a clan, with the mountain sheep or goat as its totem. See TOTEMISM.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Zimran
Zimran (sung, i.e. celebrated in song), a son of Abraham by Keturah, and the name of an Arabian tribe descended from him (Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32). This name may perhaps be connected with the Zabram mentioned by Ptolemy as a city with a king, situated between Mecca and Medina.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Zimran
[Zim’ran]
Son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32. His descendants have not been traced.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Zimran
H2175
Son of Abraham.
Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Zimran
Zim’ran. (celebrated). The eldest son of Keturah. Gen 25:2; 1Ch 1:32. His descendants are not mentioned, nor is any hint given that he was the founder of a tribe. (B.C. 1855).