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Zerah

Also called Zohar

Mentioned 1720–1451 BC traditional (Jones)

One of the sons of Simeon (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Simeon
Siblings
Jachin, Jamin, Jemuel, Shaul, Ohad
Tagged in
4 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Zerah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Canaan1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1787–1384 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

4 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. Exodus1
  3. Numbers1
  4. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBZerah 21Zohar 5
KJVZerah 20Zohar 4
ASVZerah 22Zohar 4

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 4 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 46:10

    The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.

Exodus1 verse
  1. 6:15

    The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon.

Numbers1 verse
  1. 26:13

    the Zerahite clan from Zerah, and the Shaulite clan from Shaul.

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 4:24

    The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

One of the sons of Simeon (Gen. 46:10; Ex. 6:15).