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Strong's #2226 - זֶרַח
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- Zerah or Zarah = "rising"
- a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites
- twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites
- son of Simeon; also called ´Zohar´
- a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah
- 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
- another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1
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1ᵐ5 Ζαρα, son of Judah and Tamar Genesis 38:30; Genesis 46:12 (both J), 1 Chronicles 2:4 (all זָ֑רַח), 1 Chronicles 2:6; as head of a family Numbers 26:20; Joshua 7:1 (both Psalm), Joshua 7:18; Joshua 7:24 (JE), Joshua 22:20 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:6 (ᵐ5 L Ζηρα), Nehemiah 11:24 (compare Sm Listen 7).
2 Edomites:
a.ᵐ5 Ζαρε Genesis 36:13,17 (both P) = 1 Chronicles 1:37.
b. ᵐ5 Ζαρα Genesis 36:33 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:44 ( b = a ?).
3ᵐ5 L Ζαρα, Levites:
a. (variant reading Ιααρα) 1 Chronicles 6:6.
b. (variant reading Ζααραι) 1 Chronicles 6:26.
4 head of a Simeonite family, ᵐ5 Ζαρα) Numbers 26:13 (P), 1 Chronicles 4:24 (variant reading Ζαρες) (= צֹחַרᵐ5 Σααρ Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15, compare Di Numbers 26:13).
5 a Cushite, ᵐ5 Ζαρε, foe of king Asa 2 Chronicles 14:8.
זֶרַח suff. זַרְחֵךְ m.
(1) a rising of light, Isaiah 60:3.
(2) [Zerah, Zarah], pr.n.
(a) of a son of Judah, by Tamar his daughter-in-law, Genesis 38:30; Numbers 26:20.
(b) of a son of Reuel, Genesis 36:13, 17 Genesis 36:17.
(c) m. Numbers 26:13, in other places called זֹחֵר.
(d) 1 Chronicles 6:6, 26 1 Chronicles 6:26.
(e) [“A king or leader of the Ethiopians, who invaded Judah in the reign of Asa”], 2 Chronicles 14:8. Gr. Ζαρά.
