International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Biziothiah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Biziothiah


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biz-yo-thı̄´a, biz-joth´ja (בּזיותיה, bizyōtheyāh; Septuagint αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῶν, hai kō̇mai autō̇n, literally “their villages”; the King James Version Bizjothjah, “place of Jah's olives” (Young), or “contempt of Jah” (Strong)): According to Massoretic Text, a town in the south of Judah, near Beersheba (). Septuagint reads “and her daughters,” only one consonant of Massoretic Text being read differently; and so We, Hollenberg, Di and others The Septuagint has probably preserved the original text (compare ).