Zerahite
זַרְחִיStrong’s H2227zarchi (zar-chi)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zarchi is the Hebrew word usually translated “zerahite”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Zerah who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10
How it's translated
- the zerahite 4
- of the zerahite 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Joshua 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
- Joshua 7:17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
- 1 Chronicles 27:11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:13The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Hebrew dictionary
זַרְחִי zarchi · Zerahite
Someone descended from Zerah who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10; son of: Simeon (H8095); brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H0161), Jachin (H3199) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Zerah at Num.26.13,20; 2x27.11,13; Group of ze.rach (זֶ֫רַח "Zerah" H2226L) § Zarhites , of Zerah descendants of Zerah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.