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Zattu
In Bible versions:
Zattu: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon
an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law
an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law
Hebrew
Strongs #02240: awtz Zattuw'
Zattu = "brightness of him"1) a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
2240 Zattuw' zat-too'
of uncertain derivation; Zattu, an Israelite:-Zattu.Zattu [EBD]
id., one whose descendants returned from the Captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:8; Neh. 7:13); probably the same as Zatthu.
Zattu [NAVE]
ZATTU1. One whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel, Ezra 2:8; 10:27; Neh. 7:13.
2. Probably identical with Zatthu. One who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:14.
ZATTU [SMITH]
The sons of Zattu were a family of laymen of Israel who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:8; Nehemiah 7:13)ZATTU [ISBE]
ZATTU - zat'-u (zattu', meaning unknown): Head of a large family that returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem from Babylon (Ezr 2:8; 10:27; Neh 7:13; 10:14 (15)). According to Ezr 10:27, some of his sons had married foreign wives, and Zattu is named in Neh 10:14 as one of the chiefs who signed Nehemiah's covenant. Septuagint A also adds the name before that of Shecaniah in Ezr 8:5, and so we should read, "And of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah .... "; so 1 Esdras 8:32 has Zathoes. the King James Version has "Zatthu" in Neb 10:14.