A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13; son of: Reuel (H7467); brother of: Nahath (H5184), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199) § Zerah or Zarah = "rising" 1) a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites 2) twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites 3) son of Simeon; also called 'Zohar' 4) a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah 5) the Ethiopian or Cushite, invader of Judah in the reign of Asa who defeated the invaders; probably the same as the Egyptian king Usarken I, second king of the Egyptian 22nd dynasty or perhaps more probably Usarken II, his 2nd successor 6) another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1
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H2226 — זֶ֫רַח
ze.rach · Zerah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 36:13 · וָזֶ֖רַחAnd these are sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah; these were sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.Genesis 36:17 · זֶ֔רַחAnd these are sons of Reuel son of Esau: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah; these are chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.Genesis 36:33 · זֶ֖רַחand Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;Genesis 38:30 · זָֽרַח׃ סand afterwards hath his brother come out, on whose hand is the scarlet thread, and he calleth his name Zarah.Genesis 46:12 · וָזָ֑רַחAnd sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah, (and Er and Onan die in the land of Canaan.) And sons of Pharez are Hezron and Hamul.Numbers 26:13 · לְזֶ֕רַחof Zerah the family of the Zarhite; of Shaul the family of the Shaulite.Numbers 26:20 · לְזֶ֕רַחAnd sons of Judah, by their families, are: of Shelah the family of the Shelanite; of Pharez the family of the Pharzite; of Zerah the family of the Zarhite;Joshua 7:1 · זֶ֜רַחAnd the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel.Joshua 7:18 · זֶ֖רַחand he bringeth near his household by men, and Achan—son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah—is captured.Joshua 7:24 · זֶ֡רַחAnd Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor.Joshua 22:20 · זֶ֗רַחDid not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and on all the company of Israel there was wrath? and he alone expired not in his iniquity.’1 Chronicles 1:37 · זֶ֖רַחSons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.1 Chronicles 1:44 · זֶ֖רַחAnd Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrali;1 Chronicles 2:4 · זָ֑רַחAnd Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five.1 Chronicles 2:6 · זֶ֗רַחAnd sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five.1 Chronicles 4:24 · זֶ֥רַחSons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;1 Chronicles 6:21 · זֶ֥רַחJoah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.1 Chronicles 6:41 · זֶ֖רַחson of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,1 Chronicles 9:6 · זֶ֖רַחAnd of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.2 Chronicles 14:9 · זֶ֣רַחAnd come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,Nehemiah 11:24 · זֶ֤רַחAnd Pethahiah son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, is by the hand of the king, for every matter of the people.