- Ucal, Yew´-kal, power, prevalency.
- Ulai, Yew´-la-i or Yew-lay´, strength.
- Ulam, Yew´-lam, the porch, their strength.
- Ul´la, elevation, holocaust, leaf.
- Un´ni, poor, afflicted.
- Uphaz, Yew´-faz, gold of Phasis or Pison.
- Ur, fire, light.
- Urba´nus, civil, courteous.
- Uri, Yew´-ry, my light or fire.
- Uriah, Urijah, Yew-ry´-ah, Yew-ry´-jah, the Lord is my light or fire.
- Uri´el, God is my light or fire.
- Urim and Thummim, Yew´-rim and Thum´-mim, lights and perfection.
- Uz, counsel; in Syriac, to fix.
- Uz´zah, strength, a goat.
- Uzzen-sherah, Uz´-zen-shee´-rah, ear of the flesh or of the parent.
- Uz´zi, my strength, my kid.
- Uzzi´ah, the strength of the Lord.
- Uzzi´el, the strength of God.
- Uzzielites, Uz-zy´-el-ites, the posterity of Uzziel.
- Vash´ni, the second.
- Vash´ti, that drinks, thread.
- Vophsi, Vof´-sy, fragment, diminution.
- Zaana´nim, movings.
- Za´bad, a dowry.
- Zab´di, portion, dowry.
- Zaccheus, Zak-kee´-us, pure, justified.
- Zachari´ah, memory of the Lord.
- Za´dok, just, justified.
- Za´ham, crime, impurity.
- Zair, Zay´-ir, little, afflicted.
- Zal´mon, his shade, obscurity.
- Zalmo´nah, the shade, your image.
- Zalmun´na, shadow, image.
- Zamzum´mims, thinking, wickedness.
- Zano´ah, forgetfulness, this rest.
- Zaphnath-paaneah, Zaf´-nath-pay-a-nee´-ah, one that discovers hidden things; in the Egyptian tongue, a saviour of the world.
- Za´rah, east, brightness.
- Zarephath, Zar´-re-fath, ambush of the mouth.
- Zare´tan, tribulation, perplexity.
- Za´za, belonging to all; in Syriac, going back.
- Zebadi´ah, portion of the Lord.
- Ze´bah, victim, immolation.
- Zeb´edee, abundant portion.
- Zebo´im, deer, goats.
- Ze´bul, a habitation.
- Zeb´ulun, dwelling, habitation.
- Zechari´ah. See [Zachariah].
- Ze´dad, his side, his hunting.
- Zedeki´ah, the Lord is my justice.
- Zeeb, Zee´-eb, wolf.
- Ze´lek, the noise of him that licks or laps.
- Zelophehad, Ze-lo´-fe-ad, the shade or tingling of fear.
- Zelotes, Ze-lo´-tes, jealous, full of zeal.
- Zel´zah, noontide.
- Ze´nas, living.
- Zephani´ah, the Lord is my secret, the mouth of the Lord.
- Zephath, Zee´-fath, which beholds, attends.
- Ze´pho, that sees and observes.
- Zer, perplexity, tribulation, a rock.
- Ze´rah. See [Zarah].
- Zeredah, Zer´-e-dah or Ze-ree´-dah, ambush.
- Ze´resh, misery, stranger.
- Ze´ror, root, that straitens, a stone.
- Zeru´ah, leprous, hornet.
- Zerubbabel, Ze-rub´-ba-bel, banished, a stranger at Babylon, dispersion of confusion.
- Zeruiah, Zer-ew-i´-ah, pain, tribulation.
- Ze´than, their olive.
- Ze´thar, he that examines or beholds.
- Zi´ba, army, fight, strength, stag.
- Zib´eon, iniquity that dwells, the seventh.
- Zib´iah, deer, goat, honourable and fine.
- Zichri, Zic´-ry, that remembers, a male.
- Zid´dim, huntings; in Syriac, destructions.
- Zi´don, hunting, fishing, venison.
- Zido´nians, inhabitants of Zidon.
- Zif, this, that; according to the Syriac, brightness.
- Zik´lag, measure pressed down.
- Zil´lah, shadow, which is roasted, the tingling of the ear.
- Zil´pah, distillation, contempt of the mouth.
- Zim´ran, song, singer, vine.
- Zim´ri, my field, my vine, my branch.
- Zin, buckler, coldness.
- Zi´on, a monument, sepulchre, turret.
- Zi´or, ship of him that watches, ship of the enemy.
- Ziph, Ziff, this mouth, mouthful.
- Zip´por, bird, crown; according to the Syriac, early in the morning, goat.
- Zip´porah, beauty, trumpet.
- Zith´ri, to hide, overturned.
- Ziz, flower, a lock of hair; according to the Syriac, wing, feather.
- Zi´za. See [Zaza].
- Zo´an, motion.
- Zo´ar, little, small.
- Zo´bah, an army, a swelling.
- Zo´har, white, shining, dryness.
- Zohe´leth, that creeps or draws.
- Zophar, Zo´-far, rising early, crown; in Syriac, sparrow, goat.
- Zo´rah, leprosy, scab.
- Zorobabel, Zo-rob´-ba-bel. See [Zerubbabel].
- Zuar, Zew´-ar, small.
- Zuph, that observes, roof.
- Zur, stone, plan, form.
- Zuri´el, the rock or strength of God.
- Zurishaddai, Zew´-ry-shad´-da-i, the Almighty is my rock, splendour, beauty.
- Zu´zims, the posts of a door, splendour; in Syriac, departing, money; in Chaldee, strong.
TABLES
OF
THE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY,
MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.
JEWISH WEIGHTS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH TROY WEIGHT.
| lbs. | ozs. | pen. | gr. | |
| The Gerah, the twentieth part of a Shekel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| The Bekah, half a Shekel | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| The Shekel | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| The Maneh, sixty Shekels | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| The Talent, fifty Maneh, or three thousand Shekels | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
According to the bishop of Peterborough’s calculations, the Gerah is nearly equal to 11 grains Troy; the Bekah, to about 4¾ pennyweights; and the Shekel, to about 9⅛ pennyweights.
TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF LENGTH, REDUCED TO
ENGLISH MEASURE.
SHORT MEASURES.