Zebaim
/zeh-BAY-im/
Summary
A place name associated with Solomon's servants who returned from the Babylonian exile, possibly meaning 'gazelles.'
☩Identification
Zebaim appears in the lists of families descended from 'Solomon's servants' who returned from Babylonian captivity with Zerubbabel. The name occurs in the phrase 'sons of Pochereth of Zebaim,' which some interpret as a place of origin, while others understand the compound name to mean 'the snarer of gazelles,' designating an individual rather than a location.
Key verses:Ezra 2:57Nehemiah 7:59
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Zebaim," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Zebaim," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).