זְרַחְיָהZᵉrachyâh
proper name, masculine: hath risen, shined
Pronunciation: zer-akh-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2228
Meanings
1. priest (1 Chronicles 5:32; 1 Chronicles 6:36; Ezra 7:4)
2. head of a family of returned exiles (Ezra 8:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 6:6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
- 1 Chronicles 6:51 Bukki, Uzzi, Zerahiah,
- Ezra 7:4 son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
- Ezra 8:4 From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).