Bible Dictionary
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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.
ZIZ, ASCENT OF
Places & Geography • Old Testament
The Ascent of Ziz was a pass in the wilderness of Judah leading from En-gedi toward the highlands. It was the route by which the invading forces approached Judah in the days of Jehoshaphat.
Ziza
People & Groups • Old Testament
A Simeonite chief and a son of King Rehoboam. The name may also represent a reading related to Zizah.
Zizah
People & Groups • Old Testament
A Gershonite Levite, the second son of Shimei.
Zoan
Places & Geography • Old Testament
An ancient city in Lower Egypt, also called Tanis, associated with Pharaoh’s court and with Israel’s deliverance from Egypt.
Zoar
Places & Geography • Old Testament
A small city near the plain of the Jordan, formerly called Bela. Lot fled there from the destruction of Sodom, and it was spared.
Zoba, Or Zobah
Government & Society • Old Testament
An Aramean kingdom in Syria, probably east and northeast of Damascus. Saul, David, and Solomon had conflicts with its rulers.
Zobah
Government & Society • Old Testament
An Aramean kingdom north and east of Damascus whose king Hadadezer fought David. David defeated its forces and gained great spoil.
Zobebah
People & Groups • Old Testament
A Judahite mentioned in a genealogy in 1 Chronicles.
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