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(Heb. Zerachyah', æְøִçְéָä , Jehovah has risen; Sept. Óáñáú v á v.r. Æáñáßá ), the name of two Hebrews.
1. A priest, son of Uzzi and father of Meraioth, in the ancestry of the later Jewish pontiffs (1Ch_6:6; 1Ch_6:51 [Heb. 5:32; 6:30]), and of Ezra (Ezr_7:4). B.C. cir. 1350. SEE HIGH-PRIEST.
2. Father of Elihoenai “of the sons of Pahath-moab” (Ezr_8:4). B.C. ante 459.