Strong's #2226: Zerach (pronounced zeh'-rakh)

the same as 2225; Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince:--Zarah, Zerah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

zerach

Zerah or Zarah = "rising"

1) a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites

2) twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites

3) son of Simeon; also called ' Zohar'

4) a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah

5) the Ethiopian or Cushite, invader of Judah in the reign of Asa who defeated the invaders; probably the same as the Egyptian king Usarken I, second king of the Egyptian 22nd dynasty or perhaps more probably Usarken II, his 2nd successor

6) another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: the same as H2225

Usage:

This word is used 21 times:

 

Genesis 36:13: "are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were"
Genesis 36:17: "duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah:"
Genesis 36:33: "died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead."
Genesis 38:30: "his hand: and his name was called Zarah."
Genesis 46:12: "and Onan, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land"
Numbers 26:13: " Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, of the Shaulites."
Numbers 26:20: "of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites."
Joshua 7:1: "the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of"
Joshua 7:18: "the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken."
Joshua 7:24: "Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold,"
Joshua 22:20: "Did not Achan the son of Zerah a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath"
1 Chronicles 1:37: "The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, and Mizzah."
1 Chronicles 1:44: "was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead."
1 Chronicles 2:4: "bore him and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five."
1 Chronicles 2:6: "And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Calcol, and Dara: five"
1 Chronicles 4:24: "were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Zerah, and Shaul:"
1 Chronicles 6:21: "his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son."
1 Chronicles 6:41: "The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, of Adaiah,"
1 Chronicles 9:6: "And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, six hundred and ninety."
2 Chronicles 14:9: "And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian of a thousand thousand, and three"
Nehemiah 11:24: "the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's"