Word Study · Strong's H2226 · Hebrew
זֶרַח
Zerach
zeh'-rakh
“Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince
Rendered in the KJV as
Zarah, Zerah.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- זֶ֖רַח6
- זֶ֗רַח2
- זֶ֥רַח2
- לְזֶ֕רַח2
- וָזֶ֖רַח1
- וָזָ֑רַח1
- זֶ֔רַח1
- זֶ֜רַח1
- זֶ֡רַח1
- זֶ֣רַח1
- זֶ֤רַח1
- זָ֑רַח1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Zerah17
- and Zerah2
- of Zerah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)17
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 17
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npm · 2
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Chronicles8 of 21 · 38%
- Genesis5 of 21 · 24%
- Joshua4 of 21 · 19%
- Numbers2 of 21 · 10%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 21 · 5%
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Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 36:13וָזֶ֖רַחvazerachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: and Zerah
- Genesis 36:17זֶ֔רַחzerachproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Zerah
- Genesis 36:33זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.here: Zerah
- Genesis 38:30זָֽרַח׃ סzarachproper noun (a name)Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.here: Zerah
- Genesis 46:12וָזָ֑רַחvazarachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.here: and Zerah
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 26:13לְזֶ֕רַחlezerachpreposition + proper noun (a name)the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.here: of Zerah
- Numbers 26:20לְזֶ֕רַחlezerachpreposition + proper noun (a name)These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.here: of Zerah
Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 7:1זֶ֜רַחzerachproper noun (a name)The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.here: Zerah
- Joshua 7:18זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.here: Zerah
- Joshua 7:24זֶ֡רַחzerachproper noun (a name)Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.here: Zerah
- Joshua 22:20זֶ֗רַחzerachproper noun (a name)Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”here: Zerah
1 Chronicles8 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:37זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 1:44זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 2:4זָ֑רַחzarachproper noun (a name)Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 2:6זֶ֗רַחzerachproper noun (a name)The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 4:24זֶ֥רַחzerachproper noun (a name)The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 6:21זֶ֥רַחzerachproper noun (a name)Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 6:41זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,here: Zerah
- 1 Chronicles 9:6זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.here: Zerah
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's