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It reflects a characteristic often valued in biblical narratives, symbolizing spiritual purity and moral integrity.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b>: Zaccai is mentioned in the context of the post-exilic period, specifically in the genealogical records of those who returned from the Babylonian exile. The primary reference to Zaccai is found in the Book of Ezra.<br><br><b><a href="/ezra/2-9.htm">Ezra 2:9</a> </b>: "the descendants of Zaccai, 760." This verse lists the descendants of Zaccai among those who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Jeshua. The mention of Zaccai's descendants highlights the restoration of the Jewish community and the reestablishment of their ancestral heritage in the Promised Land.<br><br><b><a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm">Nehemiah 7:14</a> </b>: "the descendants of Zaccai, 760." This passage mirrors the account in Ezra, reaffirming the presence and contribution of Zaccai's descendants in the rebuilding efforts of Jerusalem. The consistency between these two records underscores the importance of genealogical integrity and the fulfillment of God's promises to His people.<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Context</b>: The return from exile was a significant event in Jewish history, marking a period of renewal and covenantal faithfulness. The inclusion of Zaccai's descendants in the list of returnees signifies their role in the collective identity and spiritual revival of the nation. It reflects the broader theme of restoration and the fulfillment of prophetic promises, as God brought His people back to their land.<br><br><b>Cultural and Religious Significance</b>: In the post-exilic community, genealogies served not only as records of lineage but also as affirmations of one's rightful place within the covenant community. The mention of Zaccai's descendants emphasizes the continuity of faith and tradition, as well as the communal effort to rebuild the temple and restore worship according to the Law of Moses.<br><br><b>Legacy and Influence</b>: While Zaccai himself is not a prominent figure in biblical narratives, the mention of his descendants in the context of the return from exile highlights the enduring legacy of faithfulness and obedience to God's commands. It serves as a reminder of the importance of family heritage and the transmission of faith across generations.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b>: The brief mention of Zaccai in the biblical record, though limited, contributes to the larger tapestry of Israel's history and God's redemptive plan. It underscores the significance of each family and individual in the unfolding account of God's people, as they collectively work towards the fulfillment of divine promises and the establishment of His kingdom on earth.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Zaccai</span><p>pure meat; just<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Zaccai</span><p>(<i>pure</i>). The sons of Zaccai to the number of 760, returned with Zerrubbabel. (<a href="/ezra/2-9.htm">Ezra 2:9</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm">Nehemiah 7:14</a>) (B.C. before 536.)<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Pure, one whose "sons" returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (<a href="/ezra/2-9.htm">Ezra 2:9</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm">Nehemiah 7:14</a>). (see <a href="../z/zabbai.htm">ZABBAI</a>.) <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ZACCAI</span><p>zak'-a-i, zak'-i.<br><br>See <a href="../z/zabbai.htm">ZABBAI, (2)</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2140.htm"><span class="l">2140. Zakkay -- an Israelite</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2139, 2140. Zakkay. 2141 . an Israelite. Transliteration: Zakkay Phonetic Spelling:<br> (zak-kah'-ee) Short Definition: <b>Zaccai</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Zaccai</b> (2). <b>Zaccai</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2140.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2079.htm"><span class="l">2079. Zabbay -- an Israelite</span></a><br><b>...</b> NASB Word Usage Zabbai (2). Zabbai. Probably by orthographical error for Zakkay;<br> Zabbai (or <b>Zaccai</b>), an Israelite -- Zabbai. see HEBREW Zakkay. 2078, 2079. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2079.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_15_jabneh_jamnia.htm"><span class="l">Jabneh. Jamnia.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Jerusalem being destroyed, Rabban Jochanan Ben <b>Zaccai</b> obtained of Titus the conqueror,<br> that he might still receive and retain the Sanhedrim of Jabneh: which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 15 jabneh jamnia.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_39_the_valley_of.htm"><span class="l">The Valley of Hinnom.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> offend or infect the city. "There was a tradition according to the school<br> of Rabban Jochanan Ben <b>Zaccai</b>. There are two palm-trees <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 39 the valley of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_84_usha.htm"><span class="l">Usha</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "The Sanhedrim went from Jabneh to Usha, and from Usha to Shepharaam." The Gloss<br> is, "To Jabneh in the days of Rabban Jochanan (Ben <b>Zaccai</b>); to Usha in the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 84 usha.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_96_the_consistories_of.htm"><span class="l">The Consistories of More Note: Out of the Babylonian Talmud <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Go to (Beth-Din) the famous consistory, to R. Eleazar to Lydda, to Rabban Jochanan<br> Ben <b>Zaccai</b>. A tradition; The sound of mills in Burni. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 96 the consistories of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/swete/an_introduction_to_the_old_testament_in_greek_additional_notes/chapter_iv_the_greek_versions.htm"><span class="l">The Greek Versions as Aids to Biblical Study.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In the last days of Jerusalem a school had been founded at Jamnia (Jabneh, Yebna)<br> [902] , near the Philistine seaboard, by R. Jochanan ben <b>Zaccai</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iv the greek versions.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_viii_traditionalism_its_origin.htm"><span class="l">Traditionalism, Its Origin, Character, and Literature - the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chag. p. 76, col d). [495] {hebrew}. [496] {hebrew}. [497] In connection with this<br> it is very significant that R. Jochanan ben <b>Zaccai</b>, who taught not many years <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter viii traditionalism its origin.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/z/zaccai.htm"><span class="l"><b>Zaccai</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>ZACCAI</b>. zak'-ai, zak'-i. See ZABBAI, (2). <b>...</b><b>Zaccai</b><br> (3 Occurrences). Ezra 2:9 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred sixty. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zaccai.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zac'cai.htm"><span class="l">Zac'cai (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Zac'cai. <b>Zaccai</b>, Zac'cai. Zacchaeus . Multi-Version Concordance Zac'cai (2<br> Occurrences). Ezra 2:9 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred and threescore. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zac'cai.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/num/760.htm"><span class="l">760 (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 760 (2 Occurrences). Ezra 2:9 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred sixty. (See<br> NAS NIV). Nehemiah 7:14 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred sixty. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/num/760.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zabbai.htm"><span class="l">Zabbai (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Wanderer; pure. (1.) Ezra 10:28. (2.) The father of Baruch, who "earnestly repaired"<br> part of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:20; marg., "<b>Zaccai</b>"). Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zabbai.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adultery.htm"><span class="l">Adultery (49 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> According to the Mishna (SoTah 9) this ordeal of the woman suspected of adultery<br> was abolished by Johanan ben <b>Zaccai</b> (after 70 AD), on the ground that the men <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adultery.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sixty.htm"><span class="l">Sixty (70 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV). Ezra 2:9 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred<br> sixty. <b>...</b> Nehemiah 7:14 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred sixty. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sixty.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threescore.htm"><span class="l">Threescore (87 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV JPS ASV). Ezra 2:9 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred and threescore. <b>...</b> (KJV<br> JPS ASV). Nehemiah 7:14 The children of <b>Zaccai</b>, seven hundred and threescore. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threescore.htm - 33k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zabulon.htm"><span class="l">Zabulon (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zabulon.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eli'ashib.htm"><span class="l">Eli'ashib (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nehemiah 3:20 After him Baruch the son of <b>Zaccai</b> earnestly repaired another portion,<br> from the Turning unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eli'ashib.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chorbe.htm"><span class="l">Chorbe</span></a><br><b>...</b> family which returned with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:12). The name apparently<br> corresponds to <b>Zaccai</b> in Ezra 2:9 and Nehemiah 7:14. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chorbe.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Zaccai (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezra/2-9.htm">Ezra 2:9</a></span><br />The children of <span class="boldtext">Zaccai</span>, seven hundred sixty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-20.htm">Nehemiah 3:20</a></span><br />After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/7-14.htm">Nehemiah 7:14</a></span><br />The children of <span class="boldtext">Zaccai</span>, seven hundred sixty.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/z/zaccai.htm">Zaccai</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/z/zaccai--a_jew_whose_descendants_returned_from_the_babylonian_exile.htm">Zaccai: A Jew Whose Descendants Returned from the Babylonian Exile</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/z/zacchaeus.htm">Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/z/zaccai.htm">Zaccai (3 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/z/zabulon.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Zabulon"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Zabulon" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/z/zac'cai.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Zac'cai"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Zac'cai" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>