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Zia

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Zia was a Gadite clan leader during the reigns of Jotham, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel.

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Zia was a clan leader of the tribe of Gad during the reigns of Jotham, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. He is mentioned in the genealogical record of the Gadites in 1Chronicles 5. This record lists the clan leaders and their families who lived in the region of Gilead. Zia is named along with his fellow clan leaders, including Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, and Beba.

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Abihail

Bible dictionary

Zia Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Fear, a Gadite (1 Chr. 5:13).

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Zia Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(motion), one of the Gadites who dwelt in Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:13) (B.C. 1014.)

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Zia Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

sweat; swelling

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Zia Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

ZI'A (motion), a Gadite. 1 Chr 5:13.

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Zia Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

ZI'A (motion), a Gadite. 1 Chr 5:13.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Zia appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2127

1 Chronicles1

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.