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Eusebius of Caesarea, Onomasticon (1971) Translation. pp. 1-75.

Eusebius of Caesarea

SECTION Z

(These above words are mostly to be read with the shortened letter E accordingly we read with a long vowel what in Greek is called Eta.)

Zaphōeim (Zafoim).459 Territory of the princes of Edom now in the region (called) Gebalene.

NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY

Zoob.460 "As It is said in the book, The Ward of the Lord burned Zoob and the torrents of Arnon." City of the Amorrites located on the Arnon.

Zephrona.461 Northern boundary of Judaea.

Zared.462 Ravine Zared in the midst of the desert.

JOSUE

Zeiph (Zif).463 (In) tribe of Juda.

Zanaoua (Zannoua).464 (In) tribe of Juda. Now (today) there is a village [called Zanoua] in the boundary of Eleutheropolis on the road to Jerusalem.

Ziph.465 Tribe of Juda (Latin omits). A village now (up to the present day) is in the Daroma on the boundary of Eleutheropolis near Chebron at the eighth mile to the East. There David hid.

KINGS

Zeib (Zif).466 "Dry mountain" of Zeib (rough mountain or foggy or cloudy near Zif), in which David lived near Chumalba, which is called (in scriptures) Karmelos. This is name given today to a village of Jews. Home of Nabal the Camelite. One of the descendants of Caleb is said to be Zeib (Zif) according to Paralipomenon.

Zogera (Zogora).467 In Jeremia. City of Moab. It is now called Zoora or Sigor (Segor), one of the five cities of Sodom.

Zēb.468 In Jeremia City of Amman. There is now (shown) a village Zia fifteen miles west of Philadelphia.

Zōeleth.469 (Name of) a stone called this on which Adonias sacrificed "near the spring Rogel."

Source: eusebius_onomasticon_02_trans.htm