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zat´uÌ„Ì (זתּוּ×, zattuÌ„', meaning unknown): Head of a large family that returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem from Babylon (; ; ; (15)). According to , some of his sons had married foreign wives, and Zattu is named in as one of the chiefs who signed Nehemiah's covenant. Septuagint A also adds the name before that of Shecaniah in , and so we should read, “And of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah ...â€; so 1 Esdras 8:32 has ΖαθοηÌÏ‚, ZathoeÌ„Ìs. the King James Version has “Zatthu†in Neb 10:14.