Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1489 |
|---|---|
| Word: | גִּזבָּר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | of foreign derivation |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | gizbar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ghiz-bawr' |
| Meaning: | 1. treasurer |
| KJV Renderings: | treasurer. |
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גִּזְבָּר noun masculine treasurer (loan-word; Late Hebrew id.; compare Biblical Aramaic [ גִּזְבָּר], plural גִּזְבָּרַיָּא; Syriac [untranscribed source text 852], [untranscribed source text 853] also [untranscribed source text 854], Persian [untranscribed source text 855], compare LagGes. Abh. 27 f., Arm. Stud.§ 454 ), Ezra 1:8.
[גִּזְבָּר] noun masculine treasurer (Persian loan-word (Scheft81); ᵑ7 , Syriac, Biblical Hebrew; K§ 64, 3; in Babylonian ganzabaru PeiserZAW xvii (1897). 347); — plural emphatic גִּזְבָּרַיָּא Ezra 7:21. — see גְּדָֽבְרַיָּא. above
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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