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Meraioth

מְרָיוֹת · me.ra.vot · H4812G“bitterness; rebellious; changing” Hitchcock's 18696 mentions in 3 books, most in 1 Chronicles (4)

Who he was

Meraioth was a priest in the lineage of Eleazar, the son of Aaron (1Ch.6.6,7,52). He is mentioned in the genealogies of the priests and Levites in the books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. In the genealogy of Ezra, a descendant of Meraioth, he is listed as an ancestor of Ezra the scribe (Ezra 7:3). Meraioth is also mentioned in the list of priests who resided in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11).

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Family

FatherZerahiahChildrenAmariah
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Every mention

6 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Chronicles 4 mentions

1 Chronicles 6:6Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.1 Chronicles 6:7Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.1 Chronicles 6:52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,1 Chronicles 9:11and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house;

Ezra 1 mention

Ezra 7:3the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

Nehemiah 1 mention

Nehemiah 11:11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house,

What the dictionary says

Rebellions.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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