Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Zered (Heb. id. [in pause Za’red, Deu 2:13; Zared,Num 21:12], osier-brook; Sept. v.r. and ), the name of a brook or valley () on the border between Moab and Edom (Deu 2:13), where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Arnon (Num 21:12). It seems to be the same with the Wady el-Ahsy, which runs into … Continue reading “Zered”

Zerdust SEE ZOROASTER. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Zeraim SEE TALMUD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Zerahites zera-hts (, ha-zarh; Codex Vaticanus , ho Zara; Codex Alexandrinus , ho Zarae; the King James Version Zarhites): (1) A family of Simeonites (Num 26:13). (2) Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah (Num 26:20). To this family Achan belonged (Jos 7:17), as did also two of David’s captains (1Ch 27:11, 1Ch 27:13). Fuente: International … Continue reading “Zerahites”

Zerahiah (Heb. Zerachyah’, , Jehovah has risen; Sept. v v.r. ), the name of two Hebrews. 1. A priest, son of Uzzi and father of Meraioth, in the ancestry of the later Jewish pontiffs (1Ch 6:6; 1Ch 6:51 [Heb. 5:32; 6:30]), and of Ezra (Ezr 7:4). B.C. cir. 1350. SEE HIGH-PRIEST. 2. Father of Elihoenai … Continue reading “Zerahiah”

Zerah (the Ethiopian) ( , zerah ha-kush (2Ch 14:9); , Zare): A generation ago the entire story of Zerah’s conquest of Asa, coming as it did from a late source (2Ch 14:9-15), was regarded as apocryphal: If the incredibilities are deducted nothing at all is left (Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, 207, 208); … Continue reading “Zerah (the Ethiopian)”

ZERAH 1. The son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau, Gen 36:13,17 .2. Son of Judah and Tamar, Gen 38:30 ; called Zara in Mat 1:3 .3. Son of Simeon, and founder of the Zarhites, Num 26:13 ; called Zohar in Gen 46:10 .4. A Cushite king who invaded Judah with an immense army in … Continue reading “Zerah”

Zera Abraham ( ) is the title of a grammatico-historical commentary on the Pentateuch, written by Abraham Seeb, of Brzesc, in the 17th century, and published at Sulzbach in 1685. See De’ Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), page 65; Furst, Bibl. Jud 1:11. (B.P.) Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Zer (Heb. Tser, rock; Sept. by misapprehension, , Vulg. Ser), one of the fortified towns of Naphtali (Jos 19:35), where it is named between Ziddim and Hamnath; but from the absence of the copulative (“and”) between this and the preceding name, as well as from the total (“nineteen cities”) in Jos 19:33, it is evidently … Continue reading “Zer”

Zephyrus in Greek mythology, the representative of the west wind, was a son of Astrseus and Eos. He was represented in Athens on the tower of winds, lightly draped with a mantle, because he was the warmest wind. In the lap of his mantle he carried a quantity of flowers. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Zephyrus”