Jahzeiah

In Bible versions:

Jahzeiah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Tikvaha

Hebrew

Strongs #03167: hyzxy Yachz@yah

Jahaziah = "Jehovah views"

1) son of Tikvah, apparently a priest and leader during the time of Ezra

3167 Yachzyah yakh-zeh-yaw'

from 2372 and 3050; Jah will behold; Jachzejah, an
Israelite:-Jahaziah.
see HEBREW for 02372
see HEBREW for 03050

Jahzeiah [NAVE]

JAHZEIAH
See: Jahaziah.

JAHZEIAH [ISBE]

JAHZEIAH - ja-ze'-ya, ja'-ze-ya (yachzeyah, "Yah sees"): In Ezr 10:15, son of Tikvah, and a contemporary of Ezra. It is disputed whether he and Jonathan opposed or supported Ezra in the matter of prosecuting those who had married foreign wives = Ezekias, 1 Esdras 9:14, or Ezias.

See JONATHAN, 9.

Two translations of the Hebrew phrase (`amadh `al-zo'th) are given: (1) "stood over this matter," i.e. supported Ezra; so the King James Version ("were employed in this matter"), and so Septuagint, 1 Esdras 9:14, the Revised Version margin. This is supported by 9:4, "Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly," where the same phrase is found. (2) the Revised Version (British and American) "stood up against this matter," so BDB, Gesenius, Bertheau, Stade. Both translations can be supported by parallels in Hebrew. The context is better suited by the former rendering.

David Francis Roberts