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Bible Lexicons
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Strong's #2228 - זְרַחְיָה
Transliteration
Zᵉrachyâh
Phonetics
zer-akh-yaw'
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Zerahiah = "Jehovah has risen"
- a priest, son of Uzzi, and ancestor of Ezra the scribe
- father of Elihoenai of the sons of Pahath-moab, whose descendants returned from the captivity with Ezra
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
BSB (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
CSB (3)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
ESV (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
KJV (4)
1 Chronicles
2
Ezra
2
LEB (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
LSB (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
N95 (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
NAS (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (5)
1 Chronicles
3
Ezra
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
זְרַחְיָה proper name, masculine (׳י hath risen, or shined; Sabean דֿרחאל Hal49) — ᵐ5 Ζαραια: —
1 priest 1 Chronicles 5:32 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 6:36; Ezra 7:4.
2 head of a family of returned exiles Ezra 8:4 (= 1 ?).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
זְרַחְיָה (“whom Jehovah caused to rise,” see זָרַח No. 2, ), [Zerahiah], pr.n. m.
(1) 1 Chr. 5:32 6:36 Ezra 7:4, for which יִזְרַחְיָה occurs, 1 Chronicles 7:3.
(2) Ezra 8:4.
[“זָרִים i.q. זֶרֶם (see Thes.) a violent shower, inundation, bursting of a cloud. Isaiah 1:7, כְּמַהְפֵּכַת זָרִים “as the desolation of an inundation,” or overwhelming rain. See in partic. כְּ.-Root זָרַם.”]
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List of Word Forms
וּֽזְרַֽחְיָ֖ה וזרחיה זְרַֽחְיָ֑ה זְרַֽחְיָ֔ה זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה זרחיה ū·zə·raḥ·yāh uzerachYah ūzəraḥyāh zə·raḥ·yāh zerachYah zəraḥyāh