מְרָיוֹתMᵉrâyôwth
Merajoth, the name of two Israelites
Pronunciation: mer-aw-yohth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4812
Meanings
1. descendant of Aaron
a. grandfather of Ahitub and great-grandfather of Zadok (1 Chronicles 5:32; 1 Chronicles 5:33; 1 Chronicles 6:37)
b. as son of Ahitub and father of Zadok (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11)
2. name of a priestly house (Nehemiah 12:15; Nehemiah 12:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 6:6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
- 1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
- 1 Chronicles 6:52 Meraioth, Amariah, Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub. Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.
- Ezra 7:3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
- Nehemiah 11:11 and Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the supervisor of the Temple of God.
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).