- Original: זרח
- Transliteration: Zerach
- Phonetic: zeh'-rakh
- Definition: Zerah or Zarah = rising
1. a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites
2. twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites
3. son of Simeon; also called 'Zohar'
4. a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah
5. the Ethiopian or Cushite, invader of Judah in the reign of Asa who defeated the invaders; probably the same as the Egyptian king usarken I, second king of the Egyptian 22nd dynasty or perhaps more probably usarken II, his 2nd successor
6. another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1
- Origin: the same as
H2225
- TWOT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine
- Strong's: the same as
H2225 ; Zerach the name of three Israelites also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince: - Zarah Zerah.
Total KJV Occurrences: 21
• Zarah, 1
Genesis 38:30
• Zerah, 20
Genesis 36:13;
Genesis 36:17;
Genesis 36:33;
Genesis 46:12;
Numbers 26:13;
Numbers 26:20;
Joshua 7:1;
Joshua 7:18;
Joshua 7:24;
Joshua 22:20;
1 Chronicles 1:37;
1 Chronicles 1:44;
1 Chronicles 2:4;
1 Chronicles 2:6;
1 Chronicles 4:24;
1 Chronicles 6:21;
1 Chronicles 6:41;
1 Chronicles 9:6;
2 Chronicles 14:9;
Nehemiah 11:24