Dictionaries :: Meraioth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Meraioth:

rebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1Ch 6:6,7,52).

(2.) Neh 12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh 12:3.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Meraioth:

bitterness; rebellious; changing

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Meraioth:

me-ra'-yoth, me-ri'-oth (merayoth): The name varies much in the Greek.

(1) A Levite, a descendant of Aaron (1Ch 6:6 f; Ezr 7:3), called "Memeroth" in 1 Esdras 8:2; and "Marimoth" in 2 Esdras 1:2.

(2) The son of Ahitub and father of Zadok (1Ch 9:11).

(3) A priestly house of which, in the days of Joiakim, Helkai was head (Ne 12:15). In Ne 12:3 the name is given as "Meremoth."

Nave's Topical Bible

Meraioth: 1. A High Priest of the Line of Eleazar

1Ch 6:6, 7, 52; Ezr 7:3

Probably identical with the priest of same name in

1Ch 9:11; Neh 11:11.

Meraioth: 2. A Priest in the Time of Joiakim

Neh 12:15

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Meraioth:

(rebellious).

(1.) A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house (1 Chronicles 6:61; 7:62). It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ahitub in the genealogy of Azariah (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11).

(2.) The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua was represented by helkai (Nehemiah 12:15).