H2228 H2228
Zerahiah; a priestly name meaning 'Yah has risen/shone,' in Aaronide genealogies and among returning exiles
A masculine proper noun meaning 'the LORD has risen' or 'the LORD has shone,' combining zeraḥ ('rising, shining') with the divine name. Zerahiah appears in the Aaronide priestly genealogy as a descendant of Eleazar and ancestor of Ezra (1 Chr 6:6, 51; Ezra 7:4). In Ezra 8:4 a Zerahiah heads a family among the returning exiles, possibly the same individual or a descendant. The Septuagint consistently renders it Zaraia.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A theophoric personal name borne by priests in the Aaronide line. Attested in the genealogy running from Eleazar through to Ezra (1 Chr 6:6, 51; Ezra 7:4) and as a family head among returning exiles (Ezra 8:4). The name's meaning — 'Yah has risen/shone' — connects it to the South Arabian cognate ḏrḥʾl. Spanish 'Zerajya/Zeraḥyah' and the LXX Ζαραια all preserve the theophoric element. 5×
AR["زَرَحيا", "زَرَحْيا", "وَ-زَرَحيا"]·ben["ও-সরহিয়", "সরহিয়", "সরহিয়ের"]·DE["[וזרחיה]", "[זרחיה]"]·EN["Zerachyah", "and-Zerachyah"]·FR["[וזרחיה]", "[זרחיה]"]·heb["ו-זרחיה", "זרחיה"]·HI["और-जरह्याह", "जरह्याह", "जरह्याह-का", "जरह्याह-के"]·ID["Zerahya", "dan-Zerahya"]·IT["[וזרחיה]", "[זרחיה]"]·jav["Zerahya", "Zèrahya", "lan-Zèrahya"]·KO["그리고-스라히야-는", "스라햐-의", "스라히야", "스라히야-를"]·PT["Zerachyah", "e-Zerachyah"]·RU["Зерахьи", "Зерахью", "Зерахья", "и-Зерахья"]·ES["Zerajya", "Zeraĥyah", "Zeraḥyah", "y-Zerajya"]·SW["Zerahia", "na-Zerahia"]·TR["Zerahya", "Zerahya'yı", "Zerahyanin", "ve-Zerahya"]·urd["اور-زرحیاہ-نے", "زرحیاہ", "زَرحیاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זְרַחְיָה n.pr.m. (י׳ hath risen, or shined; Sab. דֿרחאל Hal49)—𝔊 Ζαραια:— 1. priest 1 Ch 5:32(×2) 6:36 Ezr 7:4. 2. head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 8:4 (= 1?).