Zaccur
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
mindful. (1.) Father of Shammua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses (Numbers 13:4). (2.) A Merarite Levite (1 Chronicles 24:27). (3.) A son of Asaph, and chief of one of the courses of singers as arranged by David (1 Chronicles 25:2, 10). (4.) Son of Irnri (Nehemiah 3:2). (5.) A Levite (Nehemiah 10:12). (6.) The son of Mattaniah (Nehemiah 13:13).
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
zak'-ur (zakkur, perhaps "ventriloquist" (Gray, Nu, 137)):
(1) Father of Shammua the Reubenite spy (Nu 13:4).
(2) A Simeonite (1Ch 4:26); the King James Version "Zacchur."
(3) Levites: (a) a Merarite (1Ch 24:27); (b) a "son" of Asaph (1Ch 25:2,10; Ne 12:35); (c) Ne 10:12 (Hebrew verse 13), and probably the same as in Neb 13:13, father of Hanan.
(4) A marginal reading in Ezr 8:14 for Zabbud where Kethibh is really "Zabud".
See ZABBUD.
(5) Son of Imri and one of the builders of Jerusalem (Ne 3:2).
David Francis Roberts