Arah

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Arah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Mearah: AVS NRSV NASB TEV

son of Ulla; prince of Asher
a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon
father/ancestor of Shecaniah the father-in-law of Tobiah
a town in northern Palestine belonging to the Sidonians

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the way; a traveler
den; cave; making empty

Google Maps: Mearah (33° 37´, 35° 26´)

Hebrew

Strongs #0733: xra 'Arach

Arah = "traveller"

1) a man of Asher
2) the prominent head of a family of returning exiles
3) another returned exile

733 'Arach aw-rakh'

from 732; way faring; Arach, the name of three Israelites:
Arah.
see HEBREW for 0732

Strongs #04632: hrem M@`arah

Mearah = "cave"

1) an area or cavern in the neighbourhood east of Sidon

4632 M`arah meh-aw-raw'

the same as 4631; cave; Mearah, a place in Palestine:-
Mearah.
see HEBREW for 04631

Mearah [EBD]

a cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, north-east of Sidon.

Arah [NAVE]

ARAH
1. Son of Ulla, 1 Chr. 7:39.
2. An Israelite, whose descendants returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:5; Neh. 7:10.
Probably identical with Arah in Neh. 6:18.

Mearah [NAVE]

MEARAH
Josh. 13:4

ARAH [SMITH]

(wayfaring).

1. An Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. (1 Chronicles 7:39)
2. The sons of Arah returned with Zerubbabel in number 775 according to (Ezra 2:5) but 652 according to (Nehemiah 7:10) (B.C. 536.) One of his descendants, Shechaniah, was the father-in-law of Tobiah the Ammonite. (Nehemiah 6:18)

MEARAH [SMITH]

(a cave), a place named in (Joshua 13:4) only. The word means in Hebrew a cave, and it is commonly assumed that the reference is to some remarkable cavern in the neighborhood of Zidon.

ARAH [ISBE]

ARAH - a'-ra ('arach, "traveler"?): (1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1 Ch 7:39). (2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:5; Neh 7:10). He is sometimes identified with Arah of Neh 6:18 whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem.

MEARAH [ISBE]

MEARAH - me-a'-ra (me`arah; omitted in the Septuagint): A town or district mentioned only in Josh 13:4, as belonging to the Zidonians. The name as it stands means "cave." If that is correct it may be represented by the modern village Mogheiriyeh, "little cave," not far from Sidon. Perhaps, however, we should find in the word the name of a Sidonian city, with the preposition min, that has suffered change in transcription. Septuagint reads "from Gaza"; but Gaza is obviously too far to the South.