Biziothiah

BIZIOTHIAH

biz-yo-thi'-a, biz-joth'-ja (bizyotheyah; Septuagint hai komai auton, literally "their villages"; the King James Version Bizjothjah, "place of Jah's olives" (Young), or "contempt of Jah" (Strong)):

According to Massoretic Text, a town in the south of Judah, near Beersheba (Joshua 15:28). Septuagint reads "and her daughters," only one consonant of Massoretic Text being read differently; and so We, Hollenberg, Di and others The Septuagint has probably preserved the original text (compare Nehemiah 11:27).


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BIZIOTHIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.