Bible Person

Zaccai

Meaning: pure meat; just · Male · 2 cross references

Zaccai is a returnee family name whose descendants come back with Zerubbabel to help repopulate Judah. It belongs to the post-exilic community remembered through named households. First appears in Ezra 2:9.1

AI summary: Zaccai matters because the cross references place the name among the family groups counted in the early return from exile. Even a brief list entry carries weight in a restoration story built from concrete households and remembered participation. Taken together, the material presents Zaccai as one of the named returnee families in the restored community.1

Central Figure

Zaccai

Meaning: pure meat; just

Pure, one whose “sons” returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (Ezra 2:9; Neh.