Character Study on Ziha

Ezra 2: The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

Nehemiah 7: The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

Nehemiah 11: But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ziha

ZIHA . A family of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:43 = Nehemiah 7:46 ; Nehemiah 11:21 ); called in 1Es 5:29 Esau.

Easton's Bible Dictionary - Ziha

Drought.
The name of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:43 ; Nehemiah 7:46 ).

A ruler among the Nethinim (Nehemiah 11:21 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary - Ziha

(zih' huh) Egyptian personal name meaning, “the face of Horus (god) has spoken.” 1. Family of Temple servants (nethinim) (Ezra 2:43 ); Nehemiah 7:46 ). 2 . Overseer of postexilic Temple servants (Nehemiah 11:21 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary - Ziha

1. Chief of the Nethinim in Ophel (Nehemiah 11:21).

2. The children of Ziha were Nethinims who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46).

Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ziha

1. Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile. Ezra 2:43 ; Nehemiah 7:46 .

2. Ruler of the Nethinim in Ophel (Jerusalem). Nehemiah 11:21 .

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Ziha - The children of Ziha were Nethinims who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46)

zi'ha -
The children of Ziha were a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel

Esau - The head of one of the families of Nethinim, or Temple servants, who accompanied Nehemiah to Jerusalem ( 1Es 5:29 ); see Ziha

Nethinim - They were under the command of two chiefs of whom one, at least, was a member of their own body Ziha and Gishpa ( Nehemiah 11:21 ); the former is the first in the list, in Ezra 2:45 = Nehemiah 7:48 , and Gishpa may possibly be the same as Hasupha, the second name