Jahzeiah

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(“the LORD sees”) (Ezra 10:15)—son of Tikvah, named with Jonathan son of Asahel, Meshullam, and Shabbethai in connection with Ezra’s inquiry into foreign marriages. The Hebrew may mean that Jahzeiah and Jonathan opposed the proposed procedure, whereas the source understood them as officials supervising the investigation. The grammatical and textual ambiguity should not be hidden.

Scripture cited

Ezra 10:15

Related entries

Adaiah (according to Gesenius — ornament of the Lord; according to others, witness of God) — the name of the…
Adna (pleasantness) — the name of two persons: a) (Ezra 10:30) a descendant of Pahath-moab, who lived in the days…
Altaney. See 2 Esdras 9:33. In Ezra 10:33 it reads: Mattenai.
Amariah (promised by God) — the name of various priests, Levites, and other persons mentioned in Holy Scripture, such…
Amaziah (true) — the name of two persons: a) (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1) father of the prophet Jonah; b) See 2 Esdras…
Asahel (created by God) — the name of three persons: a) (2 Sam. 2:18–22) brother of Joab, “light of foot as a wild…
Athlai (Ezra 10:28) — son of Bebai, one of those who married foreign wives in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. In 2…
Azariah (whom God helps) — the name of the following persons: a) (1 Chron. 12:6) one of the mighty men who went over…
Aziza (strong, hero) (Ezra 10:27) — son of Zattu, who married a foreign woman. In 2 Esdras 9:28 he is called…
Bebai and Bevai (of my father, or paternal) — names of persons mentioned in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah: a) (Ezra 2:11;…

Search the whole Encyclopedia All 4,575 entries, searchable, with every entry linked to the verses it explains.