Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4812: מְרָיוֹת

Mᵉrâyôwth · pronounced mer-aw-yohth' · “Meraioth”

Definition

Merajoth, the name of two Israelites

KJV translates it as: Meraioth.

Word origin: plural of H4811 (מְרָיָה); rebellious;

Extended definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.6;
son of: Zerahiah (H2228);
father of: Amariah (H0568)
§ Meraioth = "rebellious"
1) grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
2) son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
3) head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4812 is translated

  • meraioth ×7

Bible verses with H4812 (Mᵉrâyôwth)

Mᵉrâyôwth appears in 7 verses.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:6

    And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:7

    Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:52

    Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 9:11

    And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

  • Ezra 7:3

    The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

  • Nehemiah 11:11

    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.

  • Nehemiah 12:15

    Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;