Bible Dictionary

Jorah

The name Jorah means “Jorai, showing; casting forth; a cauldron”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(the early rain), the ancestor of a family of 112 who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 2:18) In (Nehemiah 7:24) he appears under the name Hariph, or more correctly the same family are represented as the Bene-Hariph.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

jo'-ra (yorah meaning uncertain, perhaps "harvest-born"): A family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:18) = "Chariph" of Ne 7:24 = "Arsiphurith" (the King James Version "Arzephurith") of 1 Esdras 5:16.