Ziha

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Ziha: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time
head men of the temple servants in the time of Nehemiah

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brightness; whiteness; drought

Hebrew

Strongs #06727: axyu Tsiycha' or axu Tsicha'

Ziha = "parched"

1) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in
Babylon with Zerubbabel
2) a chief of the temple slaves in Ophel in the time of Nehemiah

6727 Tsiycha' tsee-khaw'

or Tsicha( {tsee-khaw'}; as if feminine of 6704; drought;
Tsicha, the name of two Nethinim:-Ziha.
see HEBREW for 06704

Ziha [EBD]

drought. (1.) The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46). (2.) A ruler among the Nethinim (Neh. 11:21).

Ziha [NAVE]

ZIHA
1. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:43; Neh. 7:46.
2. A ruler of the Nethinim, Neh. 11:21.

ZIHA [SMITH]

(parched).

1. The children of Ziha were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46) (B.C. 536.)
2. Chief of the Nethinim in Ophel. (Nehemiah 11:21) The name is probably identical with the preceding.

ZIHA [ISBE]

ZIHA - zi'-ha (tsicha', tsicha' (Neh 7:46), meaning unknown): An overseer of Nethinim (Neh 11:21) who are called (Ezr 2:43; Neh 7:46) "the children (or sons) of Ziha." The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrinus omit Neh 11:20 f; the Septuagint has Sial, Lucian Siaau; in Neh 7:46; the Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Sea; Codex Alexandrinus has Oiaa; Lucian has Soulai; in Ezr 2:43 the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Southia; Codex Alexandrinus has Souaa; Lucian has Souddaei.