HebrewH6727Proper Noun (Masculine)
צִיחָא
tsi.ach
“Ziha”
3Occurrences
H6727Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Tsicha, the name of two Nethinim
or צִחָא; as if feminine of H6704 (צִחֶה); drought;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at § 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
צִיחָא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Nehemiah
2
Ezra
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:43BSB
The temple servants:the descendants of Ziha,the descendants of Hasupha,the descendants of Tabbaoth,
Nehemiah 11:21BSB
The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.
Nehemiah 7:46BSB
The temple servants:the descendants of Ziha,the descendants of Hasupha,the descendants of Tabbaoth,
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