Tsîychâʼ — H6727

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tsicha, the name of two Nethinim

1. Ziha = "parched"
2. ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel
3. a chief of the temple slaves in Ophel in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Ziha

Origin

or Tsichâʼ; as if feminine of H6704; drought

• Tsicheh (H6704)

Occurrences

Tsîychâʼ occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)

• Ezra 2:43 — The Nethinims: the children of Ziha (צִיחָ֥א), the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
• Nehemiah 7:46 — The Nethinims: the children of Ziha (צִחָ֥א), the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
• Nehemiah 11:21 — But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha (וְצִיחָ֥א) and Gispa were over the Nethinims.