King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4812
Transliteration: Merayoth
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-yohth')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family
Meaning: Meraioth -- descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family
Word Summary
Merayoth: descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family
Original Word: מְרָיוֹתTransliteration: Merayoth
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-yohth')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family
Meaning: Meraioth -- descendant of Aaron, also a priestly family
Strong's Concordance
Meraioth Plural of Mrayah; rebellious; Merajoth, the name of two Israelites -- Meraioth.
see HEBREW Mrayah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4812. Merayoth
מְרָיוֺה proper name, masculine (on form compare LagBN 51); —
1 descendant of Aaron:
a. grandfather of Ahitub and great-grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 5:32; 1 Chronicles 5:33; 1 Chronicles 6:37; Ezra 7:3; ᵐ5 Μαρειηλ, Μαρερωθ, Μαραιωθ, etc.
b. as son of Ahitub and father of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11; ᵐ5 Μαρμωθ Μαρ(α)ιωθ.
2 name of a priestly house Nehemiah 12:15 (probably error for מְרֵמוֺת, q. v., 12:3), ᵐ5L Μαριμωθ.