{
  "id": "dict_006133",
  "term": "Zaza",
  "slug": "zaza",
  "letter": "Z",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Zaza is a biblical personal name in the Old Testament genealogies, not a theological term.",
  "simple_one_line": "Zaza is a minor Old Testament figure named in a Judah genealogy.",
  "tooltip_text": "A minor Old Testament person named in the genealogy of Judah.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Judah",
    "Jerahmeel",
    "Genealogy",
    "1 Chronicles"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Genealogy, Judah, 1 Chronicles"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Zaza is a minor Old Testament figure mentioned in a genealogy in 1 Chronicles.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A male descendant named in the tribal records of Judah; Scripture records him only as part of a genealogy.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Appears in an Old Testament genealogy",
    "Associated with the tribe or clan records of Judah",
    "No narrative details are given beyond his name"
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Zaza is a personal name found in an Old Testament genealogy, likely within the Chronicler’s records connected to Judah. Scripture names him but gives no narrative role or theological teaching attached to his life.",
  "description_academic_full": "Zaza appears in the genealogical material of 1 Chronicles as one of the sons associated with the line of Jerahmeel in Judah’s tribal records. The biblical text identifies him only by name, without adding biographical detail, narrative context, or explicit theological significance. Because of that, Zaza is best treated as a biblical person entry rather than as a theological concept. Any dictionary treatment should remain brief and limited to what the text actually states.",
  "background_biblical_context": "1 Chronicles preserves genealogies that trace family lines within Israel, especially Judah. Zaza is named in that setting as part of a family record, serving the Chronicler’s broader purpose of preserving tribal and covenant-historical continuity.",
  "background_historical_context": "Genealogies in the Old Testament often functioned as records of lineage, inheritance, and covenant identity. Zaza’s mention belongs to that kind of administrative and family-history setting rather than to a narrated historical episode.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In ancient Israel, genealogies helped preserve tribal identity and land and inheritance lines. Zaza’s inclusion reflects that concern for family descent and covenant community memory.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "1 Chronicles 2:33"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "The name is preserved in Hebrew transliteration as a proper name. No special theological meaning is supplied by the text itself.",
  "theological_significance": "Zaza has little direct theological significance beyond illustrating the care with which Scripture preserves covenant family records and tribal lineage.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a proper name, Zaza is an example of how biblical revelation includes ordinary people in historical and genealogical records without assigning them doctrinal weight.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overread the entry. Scripture gives Zaza as a name in a genealogy, and nothing more should be claimed beyond that text.",
  "major_views_note": "There are no major interpretive views to survey; the passage is straightforward genealogical material.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Zaza should not be turned into a doctrinal symbol or moral exemplar. The entry should remain within the limits of the genealogical text.",
  "practical_significance": "This entry reminds readers that Scripture’s historical records preserve real people and family lines as part of God’s unfolding redemptive history, even when those individuals are otherwise unknown.",
  "meta_description": "Zaza is a minor Old Testament figure named in a genealogy in 1 Chronicles.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/zaza/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/zaza.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}