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Zerah

Same as Zarah Zerah is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “same as Zarah.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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Study overview

Study at a glance

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2196, H2226
Hebrew
זֶרַח · Zerach
Greek
Ζαρά · Zara
Name meaning
same as Zarah According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ζαρά

G2196
Transliteration
Zara
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Zerah, Zara

Lexicon definition

Ζαρά, ὁ indecl. (Heb. זֶרַח, Gen.38:30), Zerah, an ancestor of Jesus: Mat.1:3.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

זֶרַח

H2226
Transliteration
Zerach
Pronunciation
zeh'-rakh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
21

Glosses

Zarah, Zerah.

Lexicon definition

Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zerah

same as Zarah

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Zerah

Indexed occurrences: 21

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All Scripture references22 references

Genesis 5

Genesis 36:13Genesis 36:17Genesis 36:33Genesis 38:30Genesis 46:12

Numbers 2

Numbers 26:13Numbers 26:20

Joshua 4

Joshua 7:1Joshua 7:18Joshua 7:24Joshua 22:20

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 4:31

1 Chronicles 7

1 Chronicles 1:371 Chronicles 1:441 Chronicles 2:41 Chronicles 2:61 Chronicles 4:241 Chronicles 6:211 Chronicles 6:41

2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 14:9

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 11:24

Matthew 1

Matthew 1:3

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Zerah

Meaning:
same as Zarah

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Sources

Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Zerah, King Of The Ethiopians, Was Beaten By Asa; And How Asa, Upon Baasha's Making War Against Him, Invited The King Of The Damascens To Assist Him; And How, On The Destruction Of The House Of Baasha Zimri Got The Kingdom As Did His Son Ahab After Him.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 12

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Topic

ZERAH

Nave’s Topical Bible references for ZERAH.

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Dictionary

Ezrahite

A title given to Ethan (1 Kings 4:31; Ps. 89, title) and Heman (Ps. 88, title). They were both sons of Zerah (1 Chr. 2:6).

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Dictionary

Zephathah

A valley in the west of Judah, near Mareshah; the scene of Asa's conflict with Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chr. 14:9-13). Identified with the Wady Safieh.

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Dictionary

Zerah

same as Zarah

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