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Chezib (Person)
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One of the temple servants whose descendants returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:31). This family name does not appear in the parallel lists of Ezra 2:48; Neh 7:51.
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Chezib
Chezib (Χασεβα, Chaseba). One of the temple servants whose descendants returned from Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:31). This family name does not appear in the parallel lists of Ezra 2:48; Neh 7:51.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Chezib (Person)
CHEZIB (PERSON) [Gk Chaseba (Χασεβα)]. A temple servant who was the progenitor of a family which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (1 Esdr 5:31). Although 1 Esdras is often assumed to have been compiled from Ezra and Nehemiah, this family does not appear among their lists of returning exiles (see
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Chezib
Chezib kḕzib [Gk. Chaseba]; AV, NEB, CHASEBA. The name of a family of temple servants in the list of those who returned from Babylon (1 Esd. 5:31). The name is not given in the parallel passages in Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Chezib
CHEZIB. The place where Judah’s third son, Shelah, was born (Gen 38:5). It is probably to be identified with Achzib (q.v.), a town in western Judah, mentioned along with Mareshah and Keilah as belonging to Judah (Josh 15:44). From its grouping it seems to be the same also as Chozeba (1 Chr 4:22).
The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 1, A–C
Chezib
Chezib kee′zib. (1) Alternate spelling of Kezib.(2) An ancestor of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (1 Esd. 5:31; KJV, “Chaseba”).
All the People in the Bible: An A–Z Guide to the Saints, Scoundrels, and Other Characters in Scripture
Chezib
Chezib [kē-zib]: head of a family of temple servants (1 Esd. 5:31; not mentioned in parallel texts in Ezra and Nehemiah)