Strong H22266 sensesזֶ֫רַח

Zerah

Transliteration
zerach
Pronunciation
zeh'-rakh

Meaning of the name

Zerah or Zarah = "rising"

The 6 senses of Strong H2226

The lexicon tells 6 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2226 appears in 21 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Son of Judah, twin of PerezH2226I11 verses · 5 books
  2. Son of Reuel, grandson of EsauH2226G3 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
  3. King of EdomH2226H2 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
  4. Levite of the Gershonite clanH2226J2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  5. Son of Simeon; ancestor of the ZerahitesH2226L2 verses · Numbers, 1 Chronicles
  6. Ethiopian commander who invaded JudahH2226K1 verse · 2 Chronicles

General definition

The same as H2225; {Zerach} the name of three {Israelites} also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince: - {Zarah} Zerah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • zerah20
  • zarah1

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:13
    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  2. Genesis 36:17
    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  3. Genesis 36:33
    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  4. Genesis 38:30
    And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
  5. Genesis 46:12
    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
  6. Numbers 26:13
    Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
  7. Numbers 26:20
    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
  8. Joshua 7:1
    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
  9. Joshua 7:18
    And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
  10. Joshua 7:24
    And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
  11. Joshua 22:20
    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
  12. 1 Chronicles 1:37
    The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
  13. 1 Chronicles 1:44
    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
  14. 1 Chronicles 2:4
    And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
  15. 1 Chronicles 2:6
    And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
  16. 1 Chronicles 4:24
    The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
  17. 1 Chronicles 6:21
    Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
  18. 1 Chronicles 6:41
    The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
  19. 1 Chronicles 9:6
    And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
  20. 2 Chronicles 14:9
    And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.