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Lexicon :: Strong's H2226 - zeraḥ

Aa
זֶרַח
Transliteration
zeraḥ
Pronunciation
zeh'-rakh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as זֶרַח (H2225)
Strong’s Definitions

זֶרַח Zerach, zeh'-rakh; the same as H2225; Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince:—Zarah, Zerah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H2226 in the following manner: Zerah (20x), Zarah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H2226 in the following manner: Zerah (20x), Zarah (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זֶרַח Zerach, zeh'-rakh; the same as H2225; Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince:—Zarah, Zerah.
STRONGS H2226: Abbreviations
† II. זֶ֫רַח proper name, masculine (on form compare LgBN 77, and Anm.) —
1. Greek Version of the LXX Ζαρα, son of Judah and Tamar Genesis 38:30; Genesis 46:12 (both J), 1 Chronicles 2:4 (all זָ֑רַח), 1 Chronicles 2:6; as head of a family Numbers 26:20; Joshua 7:1 (both Psalms), Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:24 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:6 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ζηρα), Nehemiah 11:24 (compare SmListen 7).
2. Edomites:
a. Greek Version of the LXX Ζαρε Genesis 36:13, 17 (both P) = 1 Chronicles 1:37.
b. Greek Version of the LXX Ζαρα Genesis 36:33 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:44 (b = a ?).
3. LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ζαρα, Levites:
a. (variant reading Ιααρα) 1 Chronicles 6:6.
b. (variant reading Ζααραι) 1 Chronicles 6:26.
4. head of a Simeonite family, Greek Version of the LXX Ζαρα) Numbers 26:13 (P), 1 Chronicles 4:24 (variant reading Ζαρες) (= צֹחַר Greek Version of the LXX Σααρ Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15, compare Di Numbers 26:13).
5. a Cushite, Greek Version of the LXX Ζαρε, foe of king Asa 2 Chronicles 14:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:13; 36:17; 36:33; 38:30; 46:10; 46:12

Exodus

6:15

Numbers

26:13; 26:13; 26:20

Joshua

7:1; 7:18; 7:24; 22:20

1 Chronicles

1:37; 1:44; 2:4; 2:6; 4:24; 6:6; 6:26; 9:6

2 Chronicles

14:8

Nehemiah

11:24

H2226

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2226 matches the Hebrew זֶרַח (zeraḥ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:13 - And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: they were the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17 - And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:33 - At his death, Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:30 - And then his brother came out, with the red thread round his hand, and he was named Zerah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:12 - And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:13 - Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites: of Perez, the family of the Perezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:18 - Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley of Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:37 - The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:44 - At his death, Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:4 - And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:6 - And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:24 - The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:21 - Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:41 - The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:24 - And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.
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