Hebrew word · H2228

זְרַחְיָה

zerachyah

Zerahiah

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.6;

son of: Uzzi (H5813);

father of: Meraioth (H4812); also called Ahitub at 1Ch.9.11; 1x

Also named: a.chi.tuv (אֲחִיטוּב "Ahitub" H0285J)

§ Zerahiah = "Jehovah has risen"

1) a priest, son of Uzzi, and ancestor of Ezra the scribe

2) father of Elihoenai of the sons of Pahath-moab, whose descendants returned from the captivity with Ezra

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:6 זְרַֽחְיָ֔ה וּֽזְרַֽחְיָ֖ה Zerahiah, and Zerahiah

    Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:51 זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה Zerahiah

    Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 7:4 זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה Zerahiah

    the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

  2. Ezra 8:4 זְרַֽחְיָ֑ה Zerahiah

    from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him 200 men;

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