Zimmah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Zim'mah. (Purpose).

1. A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath.  1 Chronicles 6:20. (B.C. after 1706).

2. Another Gershonite, son of Shimei,  1 Chronicles 6:42, possibly the same as Zimmah, 1 .

3. Father or ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite, in the reign of Hezekiah.  2 Chronicles 29:12. (B.C. before 726). At a much earlier period, we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah as father and son.  1 Chronicles 6:20.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The father of Joah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Zimmah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/z/zimmah.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:20).

2. Another, son of Shimei ( 1 Chronicles 6:42; compare 1).

3. Father or ancestor of Joab ( 2 Chronicles 29:12); the same collocation of names is in  1 Chronicles 6:20-21. The same names are often repeated in one family.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son ofJahath, a Gershonite.  1 Chronicles 6:20 .

2. Son of Shimei, a Gershonite.   1 Chronicles 6:42 .

3. A Gershonite, father of Joah.   2 Chronicles 29:12 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ZIMMAH . A family of Gershonite Levites (  1 Chronicles 6:20 (5), 42 (27),   2 Chronicles 29:12 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 6:42 2 Chronicles 29:12

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Zimmah', זַמָּה , Purpose; Sept. Ζεμμά v.r. Ζαμμάμ and Ζεμάθ ; Vulg. Zemma or Zamma ) , the name of two or three Levites.

1. A Gershonite, "son" of Jahath and father of Joah ( 1 Chronicles 6:20); probably the same with the "son" of Shimei and father of Jahath ( 1 Chronicles 6:42). B.C. post 1874.

2. Father or ancestor of Joah, which latter was a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12). B.C. ante 726. At a much earlier period we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah as father and son ( 1 Chronicles 6:20). This is but an evidence of the frequent recurrence of the same names in a family (comp. "Mahath the son of Amasai" in  2 Chronicles 29:12 with the same in  1 Chronicles 6:35; "Joel the son of Azariah" in  2 Chronicles 29:12 ‘ and  1 Chronicles 6:36; and "Kish the son of Abdi" in  2 Chronicles 29:12 with "Kishi the son of Abdi" in  1 Chronicles 6:44).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

zim´a ( זמּה , zimmāh , perhaps "device," "plan"): A G ershonite Levite ( 1 Chronicles 6:20 (Hebrew, verse 5); also in   1 Chronicles 6:42 (Hebrew verse 27);   2 Chronicles 29:12 ). See Curtis, Chronicles, 130, 134 ff.