H1658 H1658
Gishpa (overseer of temple servants)
This name appears only in Nehemiah's list of post-exilic leaders, identifying an overseer of the Nethinim (temple servants). Some scholars suggest this might be a textual corruption of Hasupha, a name appearing in other Nethinim lists. Whether original or corrupted, the name preserves the identity of a leader responsible for organizing the support staff who maintained the second temple's operations—menial but necessary work that kept worship functioning.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Nehemiah 11:21 names Gishpa along with Ziha as overseers of the temple servants. The name appears nowhere else, and its absence from parallel lists raises questions about textual transmission. Some manuscripts and versions suggest alternative readings. Regardless, the individual served a crucial administrative role: managing the Nethinim who performed the physical labor of temple maintenance. The multilingual transliterations show recognition of a personal name, even as uncertainty about the original form persists across manuscript traditions. 1×
AR["وَ-جِشْفا"]·ben["আর-গিষ্পা"]·DE["[וגשפא]"]·EN["and-Gishpa"]·FR["[וגשפא]"]·heb["ו-גשפא"]·HI["और-गिश्पा"]·ID["dan-Gispa"]·IT["[וגשפא]"]·jav["lan-Gispa"]·KO["그리고-기스바가"]·PT["e-Gishpa"]·RU["и-Гишпа"]·ES["y-Gispa"]·SW["na-Gishpa"]·TR["ve-Gişpa"]·urd["اور-جسپا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גִּשְׁפָּא n.pr.m. named after צִיחָא as an officer of Nethinim Ne 11:21; v. om. B; 𝔊L & Codd. Γεσφα; name not elsewhere in OT, not even ‖ 1 Ch 9; possibly corrupted from חֲשֻׂפָא Ne 7:46 (following צִחָא; in ‖ Ezr 2:43 חֲשׁוּפָא, צִיחָא), 𝔊 Ἁσφα (B; Codd. Ασειφα, etc.); cf. BeRy.