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(Heb. Yoyarib', éåֹéָøַéá , a contraction of JEHOIARIB, occurring exclusively in Ezra and Nehemiah), the name of three or four persons.
1. (Sept. É᾿ùáñßâ v.r. É᾿ùñßâ .) A priest named (Neh_11:10) in connection with Jachin, and as father of Jedaiah (q.v.), but by some error; compare 1Ch_9:10, where he is called JEHOIARIB SEE JEHOIARIB (q.v.), well known as founder of one of the sacerdotal “courses.” SEE PRIEST.
2. (Sept. É᾿ùéáñßâ .) A descendant of Judah, son of Zechariah and father of Adaiah (Neh_11:5), apparently through Shelah. See SHILONI. B.C. considerably ante 536.
3. (Sept. É᾿ùéáñåßâ , É᾿ùáñßâ .) One of the priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:6). He was the father of Mattenai, a contemporary with the high priest Joiakim (Neh_12:19). B.C. 536.
4. (Sept. É᾿ùáñåßì v.r. É᾿ùáñßì .) A person mentioned in connection with Elnathan as a “man of understanding” (the others being called “chief men”), apparently among the priests, sent for by Ezra at the river of Ahava to devise means for obtaining a company of Levites to return with him to Jerusalem (Ezr_8:16). B.C. 459.