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Zerahiah
ZERAHIAH (zĕr-a-hī'a, Heb. zerahyâh, the Lord is risen)
A Levite in the ancestry of Ezra (
ZERAHIAH zĕr’ ə hĭ’ ə (זְרַֽחְיָ֥ה, Jehovah has shown forth). 1. An ancestor of Ezra, of the line of Eleazar (
2. The father of Eliehoenai, who returned from Babylon with Ezra (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(zerachyah, "Yahweh hath risen" or "come forth"; the Septuagint has Zaraia, with variants):
(1) A priest of the line of Eleazar (
(2) A head of a family, who returned with Ezra from Babylon (