Barzillai (Ezra 2:61)
The name Barzillai means “son of contempt; made of iron.” Barzillai is mentioned in 2 verses of the Bible, first in Ezra 2:61.
Who was Barzillai?
A priest who married a daughter of the preceding (Ezra 2:61).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Barzillai
- Ezra 2:61
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
- Nehemiah 7:63
And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.