Bible Person

Arah

Meaning: the way; a traveler · Male · 1 cross reference

This Arah entry refers to the father of Shechaniah in Nehemiah's Jerusalem context, not to the Asherite family figure of the same name. He belongs to the social and marital network of the restored community. First appears in Neh 6:18.1

AI summary: This Arah matters because his single cross reference places his household inside Nehemiah's account of alliances and obligations around Jerusalem's rebuilding. Even a brief paternal notice helps make the restored city's social fabric more concrete. Taken together, the material presents this Arah as a family source within post-exilic Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Arah

Meaning: the way; a traveler

Children