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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Zdar

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Father of Nethanel the head of the tribe of Simeon, Nu I 2« 7'-" lO" (all ZUPH (lis),— 1. An ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel, 1 S 1' (IWk Ncurei^ [reading ^)io3 for T'fp]. A Xoinr, l.uc. S^ipK 1 Ch Ci^M-^''''-'; the IfftMbh has •■.-$ Zipb ; \i\ 'Lov<p, Luc. ^oi'0O, culled in v."(") Zophai. 2. The land of Zuph (lis n? : B tt Zel<p, A i, rn ^ei<t>, Luc. * yv' l.^i), 1 S 9», probably derived its name from having been originally settled by the family of Zuph (Driver, Text of Sam. 2).

The gentilic name Zuphite ('eik) probably underlies the name Ramattuiitn-zojihiin of 1 S P (see art. Ramah, p. 108*). Neither the S/'iba of Robinson {BliF' ii. 18 ff.) nor any other known site can be said to contain any certain trace of the name Zuph. ZUR {f' 'rock ').-!. A Midianite prince slain by the Israelites (Nu 31"). His daughter COZBI was killed, along with the Simeouile Zimri, by Phinehas la.'i"). In .

los IS" he is described aa one of the (allied or vassal) princes of Sibon (|n'p •3'pj) ; but this note is due to a harmonizing redactor (see Dillm. ad lor.), 2. The name of a (lilieonite family settled at Jerusalem, I Ch 8'"(B and Luc. ^odf), A 'Iffoi'/p [i.e. •»t\ 'and Zur']), 9" (BA 'latlf [t.«. -"si], Luc. iimlp).

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  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
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