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Zaraias

Zaraias za-ra'-yas, za-ri'-as (Zaraias): (1) One of the leaders in the Return along with Zerubbabel (Esdras 5:8) = "Seraiah" of Ezr 2:2 and "Azariah" of Ne 7:7 = the King James Version ZACHARIAS (which see). (...

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Zaraias za-ra'-yas, za-ri'-as (Zaraias):
(1) One of the leaders in the Return along with Zerubbabel (Esdras 5:8) = "Seraiah" of Ezr 2:2 and "Azariah" of Ne 7:7 = the King James Version ZACHARIAS (which see).

(2) An ancestor of Ezra in Esdras 8:2 (omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete) = "Zerahiah" of Ezr 7:4 and apparently= "Arna" of Esdras 1:2.

(3) The father of Eliaonias, the leader of the sons of Phaath Moab under Ezra (Esdras 8:31)= "Zerahiah" of Ezr 8:4.

(4) One of "the sons of Saphatias" who went up with Ezra (Esdras 8:34) = "Zebadiah" of Ezr 8:8.

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