Lexical 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. |