ZERAHIAH.1. A priest, an ancestor of Ezra (1Ch_6:6 bis. 51, Ezr_7:4 [1Es_8:2 Zaraias, 2Es_1:2 Arna]). 2. The father of Eliehoenai, Ezr_8:4 [1Es_8:34 Zaraias].
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A priest, son of Uzzi; ancestor of Ezra (1Ch_6:6; 1Ch_6:51; Ezr_7:4).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zerahi'ah. (Jehovah has risen).
1. A priest, son of Uzzi and ancestor of Ezra, the scribe. 1Ch_6:6; 1Ch_6:51; Ezr_7:4.
2. Father of Elihoenai, of the sons of Pahath-moab, whose descendants returned from the captivity with Ezra. Ezr_8:4.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zer-a-hı̄?a (זרחיה, zeraḥyāh, ?Yahweh hath risen? or ?come forth?; the Septuagint has Ζαραιά, Zaraiá, with variants):
(1) A priest of the line of Eleazar (1Ch_6:6, 1Ch_6:51; Ezr_7:4).
(2) A head of a family, who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezr_8:4).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Zerachyah', זְרִחְיָה, Jehovah has risen; Sept. Σαραϊvα v.r. Ζαραία), the name of two Hebrews.
1. A priest, son of Uzzi and father of Meraioth, in the ancestry of the later Jewish pontiffs (1Ch_6:6; 1Ch_6:51 [Heb. 5:32; 6:30]), and of Ezra (Ezr_7:4). B.C. cir. 1350. SEE HIGH-PRIEST.
2. Father of Elihoenai of the sons of Pahath-moab (Ezr_8:4). B.C. ante 459.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.