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Pochereth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(beguiling). His children returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:57⁵⁷The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. (Ezra 2:57); Neh. 7:59⁵⁹The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. (Nehemiah 7:59)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Servant of Solomon, described as “of Zebaim”: ancestor of some who returned from exile (Ezra 2:57⁵⁷The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. (Ezra 2:57); Neh. 7:59⁵⁹The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. (Nehemiah 7:59)). Some translate “Pochereth-hazzebaim.”

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

here the cutting off Pollux, Jupiter’s young men