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Person · one of several with this name

Zerah

Also called Zara, Zarah

Mentioned in 12 verses across 6 books, first in Numbers 26:20. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

At a glance

Gender: Male
Group: Tribe of Judah

Family

Parents

Siblings

Pharez

Half-siblings (same father)

Erson of Judah (patriarch)
Onan
Shelah

Children

Hemanson of Zerah
Ethanson of Zerah
Calcol
Dara
Zabdison of Zerah

As the dataset records them from the biblical genealogies.

Often appears with

Named in the same verses most often. Sharing a verse doesn’t always mean they met.

Pharez4 verses
Achan4 verses
Judah (patriarch)4 verses
Zabdison of Zerah3 verses
Carmison of Zabdi2 verses
Shelah2 verses
Tamar2 verses
Hezronson of Pharez2 verses
Jacob (Israel)1 verse
Ethanson of Zerah1 verse
Hemanson of Zerah1 verse
Erson of Judah (patriarch)1 verse
Meshezabeel1 verse
God1 verse

Places

Where the data places them (born, died, or an event they take part in) first; then places named in the same verses, which does not mean they were there.

Canaan1 shared verse
Valley of Achor1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

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Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

A son of Tamar (Gen. 38:30); called also Zara (Matt. 1:3).

In the Bible

Numbers

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