Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Zaimon (Heb. Tsalmon’, , shady; Sept. v.r. , etc.; Vulg. Selmon), the name of a man and of a hill. 1. An Ahohite, one of David’s warriors (2Sa 23:28), called in the parallel passage (1Ch 11:29) ILAI SEE ILAI (q.v.), which Kennicott prefers (Dissert. p. 187). SEE DAVID. 2. A mountain () or wooded eminence … Continue reading “Zaimon”

Zahn a German philanthropist, was a mason of Bunzlau, who wandered about as an orphan in childhood, and learned to read at the age of twenty-four. He carried on a little school in his own house for the benefit of orphans. He made the first movement towards the establishment of an orphan-house in Bunzlau, and … Continue reading “Zahn”

Zahle and Forzol A Greco-Melchite diocese. In the seventeenth, or perhaps in the sixteenth, century the diocese of Seleucia Pieria was for greater safety transferred by the Patriarch of Antioch to Maaloula in the Lebanon. The reason of this transfer was forgotten at a later date, and a town of “Seleucia Libani” was invented and … Continue reading “Zahle and Forzol”

Zaham (Heb. id., , in pause , rancidity or fatness; Sept. v.r. and ; Vulg. Zoom), last named of the three sons of Rehoboam’ by one of his wives (2 Chronicles 12:19), named Abihail (q.v.), according to the common version, but, as Keil maintains, (Comment. ad loc.) by Mahath (Abihail being the mother of the … Continue reading “Zaham”

Zahalon, Jacob Ben-Isaac a Jewish writer of Rome, was born in 1630, and died at Ferrara in 1693. Besides a large medical work), , he left, in MS., a commentary on Isaiah, entitled : a commentary on Ecclesiastes, : disquisitions on Daniel, : homiletical expositions on the Pentateuch, : a commentary on the Song of … Continue reading “Zahalon, Jacob Ben-Isaac”

Zahalon, Abraham Ben- Isaac a Jewish writer of Spain, who flourished in the 16th century, is the author of, , or Healing of the Soul, an ascetical work, treating on repentance (Venice, 1595 ): , on the Jewish, Christian, and Mohammedan calendar (ibid. 1594-95): , a grammatical and pedagogical commentary on the book of Esther … Continue reading “Zahalon, Abraham Ben- Isaac”

Zahab SEE GOLD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

ZADOK The son of Ahitub, and father of Ahimaaz, high-priest of the Jews in the reigns of Saul and David. See ABIATHAR.Others of this name are mentioned in 2Ki 15:33 1Ch 6:12 Ezr 7:2 Neh 3:4 13:13. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Zadok (Heb. Tsadok’, , righteous; Sept. v.r. , , etc.; Josephus , … Continue reading “Zadok”

Zaddik, Joseph Ibn Judge at Cordova (1080-1149). Philosophic work written in Arabic is the Microcosm (Heb. Olam Katon). See Jewish Philosophy. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Zacynthian Manuscript (designated as Z) is a palimpsest uncial fragment in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society in London, which, under an evangelistary, written on coarse vellum in or about the 13th century, contains large portions of Luke’s gospel down to 11:33, in full, well-formed characters, but surrounded by, and often interwoven … Continue reading “Zacynthian Manuscript”