Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H2226
זֶרַח
Zerachzeh'-rakh
Zerah
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2226is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2226
Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince
The King James renders it: Zarah, Zerah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Zerach is rendered "Zerah". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 36:13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Genesis 36:13וָזֶ֖רַח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty-one uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Zerah17
- and Zerah2
- of Zerah2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- זֶ֖רַח6
- זֶ֗רַח2
- זֶ֥רַח2
- לְזֶ֕רַח2
- וָזֶ֖רַח1
- וָזָ֑רַח1
- זֶ֔רַח1
- זֶ֜רַח1
- זֶ֡רַח1
- זֶ֣רַח1
- זֶ֤רַח1
- זָ֑רַח1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)17HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
Genesis
five uses
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- וָזֶ֖רַחvazerachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Zerah
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.
- זֶ֔רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
- זָֽרַח׃ סzarachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
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.
- וָזָ֑רַחvazarachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Zerah
Numbers
two uses
the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
- לְזֶ֕רַחlezerachpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Zerah
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.
- לְזֶ֕רַחlezerachpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Zerah
Joshua
four uses
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.
- זֶ֜רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
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.
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
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.
- זֶ֡רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
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!’”
- זֶ֗רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
1 Chronicles
eight uses
The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- זָ֑רַחzarachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
- זֶ֗רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
- זֶ֥רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
- זֶ֥רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
- זֶ֖רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
2 Chronicles
one use
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
- זֶ֣רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
Nehemiah
one use
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
- זֶ֤רַחzerachproper noun (a name)tagged: Zerah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.