Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Zilthai
People & Groups - Old Testament
A name borne by a Benjamite and by a captain of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag.
Zimmah
People & Groups - Old Testament
The name of several Gershonite Levites, including an ancestor of Joah.
Zimran
People & Groups - Old Testament
A son of Abraham by Keturah. His descendants are not described in Scripture.
Zimri
People & Groups - Old Testament
A man of Israel who was killed by Phinehas for openly joining himself to a Midianite woman, and an Israelite king who ruled only seven days before dying in a palace fire.
Zin
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A wilderness region south of Judah, containing Kadesh and bordering Edom. Israel’s spies explored the land from this region, and Moses sinned there at the waters of Meribah.
Zina
People & Groups - Old Testament
A son of Shimei, the Gershonite.
Zion
Places & Geography - Both
The stronghold captured by David from the Jebusites and called the city of David. The name later referred to Jerusalem, Israel, the temple hill, and, in the New Testament, the heavenly city.
Zior
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town in the hill country of Judah, probably represented by modern Si’air near Hebron.
Ziph
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The name of a Judahite and of two towns in Judah. David hid in the hill-country town of Ziph during his flight from Saul.
Ziphah
People & Groups - Old Testament
A Judahite descendant of Jehaleleel, possibly a textual variant of Ziph.
Ziphim, The
People & Groups - Old Testament
The inhabitants of Ziph, especially those who reported David’s hiding place to Saul.
ZIPHIMS
People & Groups - Old Testament
Ziphims is the King James Version form of Ziphites, referring to the inhabitants or people associated with Ziph.
Ziphion
People & Groups - Old Testament
A son of Gad, also called Zephon.
Ziphran
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place on the northern boundary of the land promised to Israel.
Ziphron
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A city on the northern boundary of the land promised to Israel; its precise location is uncertain.
Zippor
People & Groups - Old Testament
The father of Balak, king of Moab.
Zipporah
People & Groups - Old Testament
The Midianite wife of Moses and mother of Gershom and Eliezer. She circumcised her son during the journey toward Egypt.
Zipporah, Or Zipporah
People & Groups - Old Testament
The wife of Moses, daughter of Reuel or Jethro, and mother of Gershom and Eliezer.
Zithri
People & Groups - Old Testament
A son of Uzziel and a Levite descended from Kohath.
Ziz
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A pass or cliff near En-gedi through which the Moabite, Ammonite, and Meunite forces approached Judah.
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