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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4812 - מְרָיוֹת
Transliteration
Mᵉrâyôwth
Phonetics
mer-aw-yohth'
Origin
from (H4811)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine plural noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Meraioth = "rebellious"
- grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
- son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
- head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

ASV (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
BSB (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
CSB (6)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
ESV (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
KJV (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
LEB (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
LSB (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
N95 (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
NAS (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (7)
1 Chronicles
4
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מְרָיוֺה proper name, masculine (on form compare Lag BN 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., Nehemiah 12:3), ᵐ5 L Μαριμωθ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מְרָיוֹת (“contumacies”), [Meraioth], pr.n. m.
(1) 1 Chron. 5:32 6:37 Ezra 7:3.
(2) 1 Chronicles 9:11 Nehem. 11:11.
(3) Nehemiah 12:15 elsewhere מְרֵמוֹת (in the ancient writing the letters י and מ resemble one another).
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List of Word Forms
לִמְרָי֖וֹת למריות מְרָי֥וֹת מְרָיֽוֹת׃ מְרָיוֹת֙ מריות מריות׃ lim·rā·yō·wṯ limraYot limrāyōwṯ mə·rā·yō·wṯ meraYot mərāyōwṯ