אָרַחʼÂrach
proper name, masculine: traveler
Pronunciation: aw-rakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H733
Meanings
1. a man of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:39)
2. head of a family of returning exiles (Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10; Nehemiah 6:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
- Ezra 2:5 The family of Arah 775
- Nehemiah 6:18 For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him because his father-in-law was Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan was married to the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.
- Nehemiah 7:10 The family of Arah 652
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).