זֶרַח
Zerach · zeh'-rakh
Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H2225 (זֶרַח);
Zerach, the name of three Israelites, also of an Idumaean and an Ethiopian prince
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zarah, Zerah.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
To cut, to sustain of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זֶרַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zerah12 · 57%
- zerah4 · 19%
- and zerah3 · 14%
- zarah1 · 5%
- against them zerah1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.