King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2226
Transliteration: Zerach
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-rakh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian
Meaning: Zerah -- three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian
Word Summary
Zerach: three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian
Original Word: זֶרַחTransliteration: Zerach
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-rakh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian
Meaning: Zerah -- three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an Ethiopian
Strong's Concordance
Zarah, Zerah The same as zerach; Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince -- Zarah, Zerah.
see HEBREW zerach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2226. Zerach
II. זֶ֫רַח proper name, masculine (on form compare LgBN 77, and Anm.) —
1 ᵐ5 Ζαρα, son of Judah and Tamar Genesis 38:30; 46:12 (both J), 1 Chronicles 2:4 (all זָ֑רַח), 2:6; as head of a family Numbers 26:20; Joshua 7:1 (both Psalms), 7:18; 7:24 (JE), 22:20 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:6 (ᵐ5L Ζηρα), Nehemiah 11:24 (compare SmListen 7).
2 Edomites:
a. ᵐ5 Ζαρε Genesis 36:13, 17 (both P) = 1 Chronicles 1:37.
b. ᵐ5 Ζαρα Genesis 36:33 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:44 (b = a ?).
3 ᵐ5L Ζαρα, Levites:
a. (variant reading Ιααρα) 1 Chronicles 6:6.
b. (variant reading Ζααραι) 1 Chronicles 6:26.
4 head of a Simeonite family, ᵐ5 Ζαρα) Numbers 26:13 (P), 1 Chronicles 4:24 (variant reading Ζαρες) (= ᵐ5 צֹחַר Σααρ Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15, compare Di Numbers 26:13).
5 a Cushite, ᵐ5 Ζαρε, foe of king Asa 2 Chronicles 14:8.