Bible Dictionaries
Hassophereth
Holman Bible Dictionary
(hass ssoh' fih rehth) Personal name meaning, “the scribe” or “scribal office.” Ezra 2:55 indicates it was either a family name of persons returning from Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel about 537 B.C. or a guild of scribes who returned. The parallel passage ( Nehemiah 7:57 ) omits h, the Hebrew article, from the name, possibly indicating a guild is indicated.
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Hassophereth'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/h/hassophereth.html. 1991.