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Zerah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(rising (of the sun)). 1. A son of Reuel, son of Esau, Ge 36:13; 1Ch 1:37 and one of the "dukes" or phylarchs of the Edomites. Ge 36:17 (B.C. after 1760.) 2. Less properly, Zarah, twin son, with his elder brother Pharez, of Judah and Tamar. Ge 38:30; 1Ch 2:4; Mt 1:3 (B.C. about 1728.) His descendants were called Zarhites, Ezrahites and Izrah...

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Zerubbabel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("dispersed to Babylon".) Head of Judah in the Jews' return in the first year of Cyrus. Son of Shealtiel (Salathiel) (Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 5:2; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:12; Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27); but in 1 Chronicles 3:19 "son of Pedaiah," Shealtiel's brother. "Son" probably means next heir, the direct line failing; by the Levirate law Shea...

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Zephi in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Eliphaz, son of Esau; "duke," i.e. tribe chief, of Edom....

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Zerah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

sunrise. (1.) An "Ethiopian," probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr. 14:9- 15). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the only instance "in all the annals of Ju...

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Zerubbabel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion...

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Zetham in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ze'-tham (zetham, meaning unknown): A Gershonite Levite (1 Ch 23:8; 26:22). In the second passage Curtis holds that "the sons of Jehieli" is a gloss; he points the Massoretic Text to read "brethren" instead of "brother," and so has "Jehiel (1 Ch 26:22) and his brethren, Zetham and Joel, were over the treasures."...

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Zepho in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called ZEPHI -Son of Eliphaz Ge 36:11,15; 1Ch 1:36...

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Zerah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

same as Zarah...

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Zepho in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ze'-fi, ze'-fo (tsephi, perhaps "gaze," or "gazing," in 1 Ch 1:36; tspho, the same meaning in Gen 36:11,15): A duke of Edom. Septuagint has Sophar, which Skinner (Genesis, 431) says may be the original of Job's kind friend. In Gen 36:43 the Septuagint has Zaphoei (= tsepho, i.e. Zepho), for Iram. Skinner holds it probable that the two names, Z...

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Zerah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Younger twin son with Pharez of Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38:30; 1 Chronicles 2:6; Matthew 1:3). 2. Son of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24). (See ZOHAR in Genesis 46:10. 3. A Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo or Adaiah (1 Chronicles 6:21; 1 Chronicles 6:41). 4. The Ethiopian (Cushite) invader defeated by ASA . About this very time there reigned ...

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