Person Old Testament
Gishpa
Also known as Gishpa =ESV, NIV; Gispa =KJV
Gishpa was an overseer of the temple servants (Nethinim) during Nehemiah's time. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 11:21.
Why it matters. An overseer of the temple servants during Nehemiah's time.
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Gishpa
Gishpa is mentioned briefly in Neh.11.21 as one of the overseers of the Nethinim, or temple servants, who lived on the hill of Ophel in Jerusalem. The Nethinim were a group of people assigned to assist the Levites in the maintenance and service of the temple. They were originally Gibeonites who had been spared by Joshua (Joshua 9) and were later designated by David and the princes to serve in the temple (Ezr.8.20). Gishpa's role was to oversee and manage the work of the Nethinim.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)