Keziah (Hebrew: קְצִיעָה ''Qəṣī‘ā''; Greek: Κασία, ''Kasia''; also ''Ketziah'') is a woman in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Job Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...

after his sufferings (). Her elder sister was Jemima and her younger sister

Keren-Happuch Keren-happuch ( ''Qeren Hapūḵ'', , "Horn of kohl") was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again. Keren-happuch's older sisters ...

. The name Keziah means 'cinnamon bark’, referring to the Hebrew word ‘to scrape off�

Job gave the name to one of his daughters born after his restoration following the trials he faced in the first part of his life. The name has been taken to symbolize female equality, since all of Job's three daughters received an inheritance from their father, an unusual circumstance in a time period when women and men were not treated equally.

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{{Book of Job Book of Job people Job (biblical figure) Women in the Hebrew Bible