Josiphiah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Josiphi'ah. (Whom Jehovah Will Increase). The father or ancestor of Shelomith, who returned with Ezra.  Ezra 8:10. (B.C. 459).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Josiphiah The father of one of Ezra’s companions (  Ezra 8:10 ); in 1Es 8:36 Josaphias.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 8:10

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 8:10.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yosiphyah', יוֹסַפַיָה , Increased by Jehovah; Sept. Ι᾿Ωσεφία ) , one of the "sons" of Shelomith (as the Heb. text now stands), a chief Israelite, whose son (Ben-Josiphiah) returned with a company of 160 males under Ezra to Jerusalem ( Ezra 8:10). B.C. 459. A word, however, has evidently fallen out of the Hebrew text in the beginning of the verse, and is supplied by the Sept. and the author of  1 Esdras 8:36, as well as (less correctly) in the Syriac; namely, Βαανί ( Βανίδ ) , i.e. בָּני , omitted from similarity to בְּנֵי preceding; thus making Bani (q.v.) the son of Shelomith, and the leader of the party of returned exiles.

Josippon.

(See Joseph Ben-Gorion).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jos - i - fı̄´a ( יופיה , yōs̱iphyāh , "Yah adds"): Found in   Ezra 8:10 , where Massoretic Text is "and of the sons of ... Shelomith the son of Josiphiah." With the help of Septuagint A and 1 Esdras 8:36, the name "Bani" (which is the same in the unpointed text as "the sons of" and was omitted through haplography) can be supplied above before "Shelomith." Josiphia is thus the father of Shelomith, one of Ezra's companions. 1 Esdras 8:36 has "Josaphias."