ZIHA

zi'-ha (tsicha', tsicha' (Nehemiah 7:46), meaning unknown): An overseer of Nethinim (Nehemiah 11:21) who are called (Ezra 2:43; Nehemiah 7:46) "the children (or sons) of Ziha." The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus and Alexandrinus omit Nehemiah 11:20 f; the Septuagint has Sial, Lucian Siaau; in Nehemiah 7:46; the Septuagint Codex Vaticanus Sea; Codex Alexandrinus has Oiaa; Lucian has Soulai; in Ezra 2:43 the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Southia; Codex Alexandrinus has Souaa; Lucian has Souddaei.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.