
Keziah (Hebrew: קְצִיעָה ''Qəṣī‘ā''; Greek: Κασία, ''Kasia''; also ''Ketziah'') is a woman in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
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. She was the second of the three daughters born to
Job
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after his sufferings (
Job
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42:14). Her elder sister was
Jemima and her younger sister
Keren-Happuch.
A number of etymologies have been suggested for her name, among them the Hebrew for
Cassia, from the name for the spice tree. 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.
[Achtermeier, Paul J. (ed.) (1996). ''The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary'', Revised and updated ed. San Francisco: HarperCollins. . .]
References
{{Book of Job
Book of Job people
Job (biblical figure)
Women in the Hebrew Bible