Meraioth
מְרָיוֹתStrong’s H4812meravot (me-ra-vot)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meravot is the Hebrew word usually translated “meraioth”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,”
Meaning
- Grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
- Son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
- Head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
How it's translated
- meraioth 6
- of meraioth 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Nehemiah 2
- Ezra 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 6:7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
- 1 Chronicles 6:52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
- 1 Chronicles 9:11And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
- Ezra 7:3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
- Nehemiah 11:11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 12:15Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
Hebrew dictionary
מְרָיוֹת meravot · Meraioth
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.6; son of: Zerahiah (H2228); father of: Amariah (H0568) § Meraioth = "rebellious" 1) grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house 2) son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house 3) head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
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.