ze'-ra (zerach, meaning uncertain):
(1) InGe 38:30;46:12;Nu 26:20;Jos 7:1,18,24;22:20;1Ch 2:4,6;9:6;Ne 11:24;Mt 1:3, younger twin-son of Judah and Tamar, and an ancestor of Achan. InNu 26:20;Jos 7:17f he is the head of the Zerahites (also1Ch 27:11,13). the King James Version has "Zarah" inGe 38:30;46:12, and "Zarhites" for "Zerahites" in Numbers, Joshua and 1 Chronicles. See Curtis (Chronicles, 84 f) for identification of Ezrahite with Zerahite.
(2) Edomites:
(a) an Edomite chief (Ge 36:13,17;1Ch 1:37);
(b) father of an Edomite king (Ge 36:33;1Ch 1:44).
(3) Levites:
(a)1Ch 6:21(Hebrew verse 6);
(b)1Ch 6:41(Hebrew verse 26).
(4) Head of the Zerahites (Nu 26:13, the King James Version "Zarhites";1Ch 4:24). InNu 26:13= "Zohar" ofGe 46:10;Ex 6:15.
See ZOHAR, (2).
(5) Cushite king (2Ch 14:9). See the next article
David Francis Roberts