Bible Person
Meaning: the Lord rising; brightness of the Lord · Male · 5 cross references
Zerahiah is a priestly ancestor in the line that leads to Meraioth and later temple leadership. He belongs to the genealogical continuity through which priestly legitimacy is preserved. First appears in 1 Chr 6:6.1
AI summary: Zerahiah matters because the cross references preserve him within the sequence of priestly succession later reflected in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. He is not a narrative actor, but his place in the genealogy helps secure the continuity of sacred office across generations. Such figures matter because remembered descent supports restored worship. Taken together, the material presents Zerahiah as a priestly ancestor whose line contributes to temple continuity.1
Central Figure
Zerahiah
Meaning: the Lord rising; brightness of the Lord
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.