Zerah
And these [are] the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath,
duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these [are] the dukes
[that came] of Reuel in the land of Edom; these [are] the sons
of Bashemath Esau's wife....
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But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the
accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi,
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed
thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the
children of Israel....
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And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez,
and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the
sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul....
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Zerah or Zérach (זֶרַח / זָרַח "Sunrise", Standard Hebrew Zéraḥ /
Záraḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Zéraḥ / Zāraḥ) refers to five different
people in the Hebrew Bible. Zerah the Cushite, is an
individual mentioned by the Book of Chronicles as having
invaded the Kingdom of Judah with an enormous army, in the
days of Asa.[1] According to the text, when Zer...
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ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain):
(1) In Gen 38:30; 46:12; Nu 26:20; Josh 7:1,18,24; 22:20; 1 Ch
2:4,6; 9:6; Neh 11:24; Mt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and
Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. In Nu 26:20; Josh 7:17 f he
is the head of the Zerahites (also 1 Ch 27:11,13). the King
James Version has "Zarah" in Gen 38:30; 46:12, and "Zarhites"
fo...
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-1. Son of Reuel
Ge 36:13,17; 1Ch 1:37
-2. Father of Jobab
Ge 36:33; 1Ch 1:44
-3. ZERAH
See ZARAH
-4. Son of Simeon
Nu 26:13; 1Ch 4:24
-5. A Gershonite
1Ch 6:21
-6. A Levite
1Ch 6:41
-7. King of Ethiopia
2Ch 14:9-15...
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(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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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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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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