People of the Bible · Tribe of Levi

Merari, son of Levi

The name Merari means “bitter; to provoke.” Merari is mentioned in 38 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:11.

Family of Merari

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Who was Merari?

Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites (Ex. 6:19). (See MERARITES.)

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Merari

  • 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.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

All 38 verses mentioning Merari