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Tizite

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(Heb. Titsi', תִּיצי, patrial, as if from some unknown place or person called Tits; Sept. θωσαϊ v v.r. Ι᾿εασεί; Vulg. Thosaites), the designation of Joha (q.v.), the brother of Jediael and son of Shimri, one of the heroes of David's army named in the supplementary list of 1 Chronicles 11:45. The word is possibly a corruption for תַּרְצַי, Tirzite, i.e. inhabitant of Tirzah (q.v.).