Harsha

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Har'sha. (Deaf). Bene-Harsha, (that is, sons of Harsha), were among the families of Nethinim, who came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel.  Ezra 2:52;  Nehemiah 7:54.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Harsha . Eponym of a family of Nethinim (  Ezra 2:52 ,   Nehemiah 7:54 ); called in 1Es 5:32 Charea .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Ancestor of some Nethinim who returned from exile.  Ezra 2:52;  Nehemiah 7:51 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:52 Nehemiah 7:54

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:52;  Nehemiah 7:54.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:52 Ezra 2:59

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Charsha', חִרְשָׁא , a Chaldaizing form, ,Worker or Enchanter; Sept. Ἀρσά and Ἀδασάν ), one of "the Nethinim whose descendants (or rather, perhaps, a place whose inhabitants) returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:52;  Nehemiah 7:54). B. C. ante 536. Schwarz (Palest. p. 116) thinks it may be identical with the ruins called by the Arabs Charsha (on Zimmerman's map, Khuras), situated south of wady Sur, about half-way between Beit-Jibrin (Eleutheropolis) on the W., — and Jedur (Gedor) on the E.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

har´sha חרשׁא ḥarshā'   Ezra 2:52 Nehemiah 7:54