Bible Names

Merari: meaning of the name

Merari means “bitter; to provoke.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Who named Merari in the Bible

Merari in Scripture

“Merari” appears in 38 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 46:11

    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Exodus 6:16

    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

  • Exodus 6:19

    And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • Numbers 3:17

    And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

  • Numbers 3:20

    And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

  • Numbers 3:33

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

  • Numbers 3:35

    And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

  • Numbers 3:36

    And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,