Bible Dictionary

ZIPPORAH “little bird.” She was the daughter of Reuel or Jethro, and wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21, 22). She evidently opposed the circumcision of her son, until she was forced to carry it out to

ZIZA “abundance, fertility.” (a) Simeonite, descendant of Shemaiah (1 Chron. 4:37). (b) Son of Rehoboam and Maacah, and brother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 11:20).

ZOAN (Heb. «Sõ’an», from the Egyptian «D’n.t»). Egyptian city east of the Delta, on the tannitic branch of the Nile, near 31° north latitude. Built seven years after Hebron, which already existed in the time

ZOAR “smallness”. One of the cities of the plain, and apparently the smallest of the five (Gen. 19:20, 22). From the heights of Nebo the plain could be seen as far as Zoar (Deut. 34:3).

ZOHAR (a) Father of Ephrem the Hittite (Gen. 33:8.) (b) Son of Simeon (Gen. 46:10). Called Zera in Num. 26:13.

ZOHELETH “the serpent”, or “creeper”. Rock near En-rogel (1 Kings 1:9). The rocky ledge on which the town of Silwan is located bears the name Ár. of Zehwele or Zahweileh, analogous to an altered form

ZOPHAR “he who chirps.” One of Job’s friends, from Naama

ZOPHIM “sentinels.” Field at the top of Pisgah, from where Balaam could see part of the Israelite camp in Shittim (Num. 23:14). Identified by Conder with Tal’at esSufa, in the valley separating the southeastern summit

ZORA City on the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:33), occupied by the Danites (Josh. 19:41). Manoah, Samson’s father, lived in this town (Judg. 13:2). Samson was buried nearby (Judges 16:31). Some of the Danite spies

ZUCCHINI According to the LXX, it is a common pumpkin, native to Astrakhan; According to another version, it is the castor bean, castor bean or palmacristi, whose growth is extraordinarily fast. In any case, the