Lexical Summary Merayoth: descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family Original Word: מְרָיוֹתTransliteration: Merayoth Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-yohth') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family Meaning: Meraioth -- descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family Strong's Concordance Meraioth Plural of Mrayah; rebellious; Merajoth, the name of two Israelites -- Meraioth. see HEBREW Mrayah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4812. Merayoth מְרָיוֺה proper name, masculine (on form compare LagBN 51); — 1 descendant of Aaron: a. grandfather of Ahitub and great-grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 5:32; 1 Chronicles 5:33; 1 Chronicles 6:37; Ezra 7:3; ᵐ5 Μαρειηλ, Μαρερωθ, Μαραιωθ, etc. b. as son of Ahitub and father of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11; ᵐ5 Μαρμωθ Μαρ(α)ιωθ. 2 name of a priestly house Nehemiah 12:15 (probably error for מְרֵמוֺת, q. v., 12:3), ᵐ5L Μαριμωθ. |