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( ᾿Çëß , in some ed. ᾿Çëß or ᾿Çëåß , Heb. òֵìַø , Ei), a name that occurs once in the N.T. and once in the Apocrypha.
1. The third of three names inserted between Achitob and Amarias in the genealogy of Ezra, in 2Es_1:2, for which there is no corresponding name in the Heb. list (Ezr_7:2-3).
2. The father-in-law of Joseph, and maternal grandfather of Christ (Luk_3:23). B.C. ante 22. SEE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.