Zerahiah

Zerahiah (Zair´uh-hi´uh; Heb., “Yah[weh] has dawned” or “Yah[weh] has shone forth”)

1 A Levite in the priestly line of Aaron and an ancestor of Ezra (1Chr 6:6; 1Chr 6:51; Ezra 7:4). 2 A member of the clan of Pahath-moab whose son Eliehoenai returned from the Babylonian captivity with Ezra (Ezra 8:4).

1Chr 6:6

6Uzzi of Zerahiah, Zerahiah of Meraioth,

1Chr 6:51

51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

Ezra 7:4

4son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,

Ezra 8:4

4Of the descendants of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.

HarperCollins Dictionary

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