Strong H2227זַרְחִי
Zerahite
- Transliteration
- zarchîy
- Pronunciation
- zar-khee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H2226; a Zarchite or descendant of Zerach: - Zarchite.
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Zerah who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10;
son of: Simeon (H8095);
brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H161), Jachin (H3199) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Zerah at Num.26.13,20; 2x27.11,13;
Group of ze.rach (זֶ֫רַח "Zerah" H2226L)
son of: Simeon (H8095);
brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H161), Jachin (H3199) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Zerah at Num.26.13,20; 2x27.11,13;
Group of ze.rach (זֶ֫רַח "Zerah" H2226L)
In the biblical story
Zerah
Son of Simeon; ancestor of the Zerahites
Zerah (or Zohar), a son of Simeon, was the ancestor of the Zerahite clan (Num.26.13; 1Ch.4.24; Num.26.20; Jos.7.17,17; 1Ch.27.11,13; Gen.46.10; Exo.6.15).
In the Bible
Strong H2227 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zarhites5
First verses
- Numbers 26:13Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
- Numbers 26:20And 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.
- Joshua 7:17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
- 1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:13The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.