Zimran

VIEW:14 DATA:01-04-2020
ZIMRAN.—A son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen_25:2 = 1Ch_1:32. The ethnological signification of the word is doubtful. The name is derived from zemer, ‘mountain-sheep or-goat,’ this animal having doubtless been the totem of the clan.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


Oldest son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen_25:2). Settled in the E. country. Zabram, an ancient city between Mecca and Medina (Ptolemy 6:7, Section 5), and the Zamereni a tribe in the interior of Africa, are names comparable with Zimran.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Zim'ran. (celebrated). The eldest son of Keturah. Gen_25:2; 1Ch_1:32. His descendants are not mentioned, nor is any hint given that he was the founder of a tribe. (B.C. 1855).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


zim?ran (זמרן, zimrān, from זמר, zemer, ?wild sheep? or ?wild goat,? the ending -ān being gentilic; Skinner, Gen, 350): Son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen_25:2; 1Ch_1:32). The various manuscripts of the Septuagint give the name in different forms, e.g. in Gen A, Ζεβράν, Zebrán; Codex Sinaiticus Ζεμράν, Zemrán; Codex Alexandrinus(1) Ζεμβράμ, Zembrám; Dsil Ζομβράν, Zombrán; and Lucian Ζεμράν, Zemrán; in Chronicles, Codex Vaticanus has Ζεμβράν, Zembrán, Codex Alexandrinus Ζεμράν, Zemrán, Lucian Ζεμράν, Zemrán (compare Brooke and McLean's edition of the Septuagint for Genesis).
Hence, some have connected the name with Zabram of Ptol. vi. 7, 5, West of Mecca; others with the Zamareni of Pliny (Ant. vi. 158) in the interior of Arabia; but according to Skinner and E. Meyer (see Gunkel, Gen3, 261) these would be too far south. Curtis (Chronicles, 72) says the name is probably to be identified with the ?Zimri? of Jer_25:25. It would then be the name of a clan, with the mountain sheep or goat as its totem. See TOTEMISM.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Zim?ran (sung, i.e. celebrated in song), a son of Abraham by Keturah, and the name of an Arabian tribe descended from him (Gen_25:2; 1Ch_1:32). This name may perhaps be connected with the Zabram mentioned by Ptolemy as a city with a king, situated between Mecca and Medina.




The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.



(Heb. Zimran', זַמְרָן, celebrated; Sept. Σομβρᾶν v.r. Ζεμβράμ, Σεβραν, etc.; Vulg. Zama and Zacinr-imr), first named of the nine sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen_25:2; 1 Chronicles 1, 32). B.C. cir. 2020. His descendants are not mentioned, nor is any hint given that he was the founder of a tribe; the contrary would rather appear to be the case. Some would identify Zimran with the Zimri of Jer_25:25, but these lay too far to the north. The Greek form of the name, as found in the Sept., has suggested a comparison with Ζαβράμ, the chief city of the Cinaedocolpitae, who dwelt On the Red Sea, west of Mecca. But this is extremely doubtful, for this tribe, probably the same with the ancient Kenda, was a branch of the Joktanite Arabs, who in the most ancient times occupied Yemen, and may only have come into possession of Zabram at a later period (Knobe], Genesis). Hitzig and Lengerke propose to connect the name Zimrari with Zimi? is a district of Ethiopia mentioned by Pliny (36, 25); but Grotius, with more plausibility, finds a trace of it in the Zameneni, a tribe of the interior of Arabia (Pliny, 6:32). ‘The identification of Zimran with the modern Beni Omrnan and the ..Banin Zomneis of Diodorus, proposed by Mr. Forster (Geogr. of Arabia, 1, 431), cannot be seriously maintained. Winer (Handw. s.v.), suggests the Zimara of Asia Minor (Ptolemy, 5, 7, 2; Pliny, 10:20) or Zimycra (Zilpa) of Asia (Ptolemy, 6:17, 8). SEE ARABIA.



CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





Norway

FACEBOOK

Participe de nossa rede facebook.com/osreformadoresdasaude

Novidades, e respostas das perguntas de nossos colaboradores

Comments   2

BUSCADAVERDADE

Visite o nosso canal youtube.com/buscadaverdade e se INSCREVA agora mesmo! Lá temos uma diversidade de temas interessantes sobre: Saúde, Receitas Saudáveis, Benefícios dos Alimentos, Benefícios das Vitaminas e Sais Minerais... Dê uma olhadinha, você vai gostar! E não se esqueça, dê o seu like e se INSCREVA! Clique abaixo e vá direto ao canal!


Saiba Mais

  • Image Nutrição
    Vegetarianismo e a Vitamina B12
  • Image Receita
    Como preparar a Proteína Vegetal Texturizada
  • Image Arqueologia
    Livro de Enoque é um livro profético?
  • Image Profecia
    O que ocorrerá no Armagedom?

Tags