Zerahiah

Zerahi'ah (Heb. Zerachyah', זרִחיָה, Jehovah has risen; Sept. Σαραϊvα v.r. Ζαραία), the name of two Hebrews.

1. A priest, son of Uzzi and father of Meraioth, in the ancestry of the later Jewish pontiffs (1Ch 6:6,51 [Heb 5:14; Heb 6:20]), and of Ezra (Ezr 7:4). B.C. cir. 1350. SEE HIGH-PRIEST.

2. Father of Elihoenai "of the sons of Pahath-moab" (Ezr 8:4). B.C. ante 459.

⇒Bible concordance for ZERAHIAH.

⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.