Bible Names

Casiphia: meaning of the name

Casiphia means “money; covetousness.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Casiphia in Hebrew and Greek

כָּסִפְיָא H3703

Kâçiphyâʼ (kaw-sif-yaw') — Casiphja, a place in Babylon

perhaps from H3701 (כֶּסֶף); silvery;

Places named Casiphia

Casiphia in Scripture

“Casiphia” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Ezra 8:17

    And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.