Bible Names

Zerah: meaning of the name

Zerah means “same as Zarah.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Zerah in Hebrew and Greek

זֶרַח H2226

Zerach (zeh'-rakh) — Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince

the same as H2225 (זֶרַח);

People named Zerah in the Bible

Zerah in Scripture

“Zerah” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:13

    And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:17

    And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:33

    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

  • Genesis 46:12

    And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

  • Numbers 26:13

    Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

  • Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

  • Joshua 7:1

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 7:18

    And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.