ZARAIAS.1. 1Es_5:8 = Seraiah, Ezr_2:2; Azariah, Neh_7:7. 2. 1Es_8:2, one of the ancestors of Ezra, called Zerahiah, Ezr_7:4, and Arna, 2Es_1:2. 3. 1Es_8:31 = Zerahiah, the father of Eliehoenal, Ezr_8:4. 4. 1Es_8:34 = Zebadiah, Ezr_8:8.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
za-rā?yas, za-rı̄?as (Ζαραίας, Zaraı́as):
(1) One of the leaders in the Return along with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:8) = ?Seraiah? of Ezr_2:2 and ?Azariah? of Neh_7:7 = the King James Version ZACHARIAS (which see).
(2) An ancestor of Ezra in 1 Esdras 8:2 (omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete) = ?Zerahiah? of Ezr_7:4 and apparently= ?Arna? of 2 Esdras 1:2.
(3) The father of Eliaonias, the leader of the sons of Phaath Moab under Ezra (1 Esdras 8:31)= ?Zerahiah? of Ezr_8:4.
(4) One of ?the sons of Saphatias? who went up with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:34) = ?Zebadiah? of Ezr_8:8.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Ζαραίας), the Greek form of ZERHIAAHA (a, 1Es_8:2; comp. Ezr_7:1; b, 1Es_8:31; comp. Ezr_8:4) or (corruptly) ZEBADIAH (1Es_8:34; comp. Ezr_8:8).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.