Strong H8656H8656Gתִּרְצָה

Tirzah

Transliteration: tirtsâh
Pronunciation: teer-tsaw'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33;
daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765);
sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295) and Milcah (H4435H)

Meaning of the name

Tirzah = "favourable"

General definition

From H7521; delightsomeness;
{Tirtsah} a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess: - also an Israelitess: - Tirzah.

In the biblical story

Tirzah

Daughter of Zelophehad, granted inheritance rights

Tirzah was one of the five daughters of Zelophehad who were granted inheritance rights in the absence of male heirs.

In the Bible

Strong H8656G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

tirzah4

First verses

Numbers 26:33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 36:11
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
Joshua 17:3
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.