Bible Person

Gazzam

Meaning: the fleece of them · Male · 2 cross references

Gazzam is a Nethinim family or servant-house name in the returnee lists of Ezra and Nehemiah. It belongs to the supporting strata of restored temple life after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:48.1

AI summary: Gazzam matters because the cross references place the name among the temple-servant households that made worship function in practical terms. These brief entries broaden the story of restoration beyond governors and priests to include the service families whose labor sustained the sacred system day by day. Taken together, the material presents Gazzam as a servant-house contributing to the operational reality of post-exilic worship.1

Central Figure

Gazzam

Meaning: the fleece of them