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Meraiah
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Meraiah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a priest; head of the Seraiah Clan under High Priest Joiakim
Hebrew
Strongs #04811: hyrm M@rayah
Meraiah = "rebellion"1) a priest after the exile in the days of Joiakim
4811 Mrayah mer-aw-yaw'
from 4784; rebellion; Merajah, an Israelite:-Meraiah.Compare 3236.
see HEBREW for 04784
see HEBREW for 03236
Meraiah [EBD]
resistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:12).
Meraiah [NAVE]
MERAIAH, a priest, Neh. 12:12.MERAIAH [SMITH]
(rebellion), a priest in the day of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:13)MERAIAH [ISBE]
MERAIAH - me-ra'-ya, me-ri'-a (merayah, "contumacious"): A priest in the time of Joiakim son of Jeshua, and head of the priestly house of Seraiah to which Ezra belonged (Neh 12:12; compare Ezr 7:1).