Lexical Definition

‎מְרָיָה‎ Mᵉrâyâh (mer-aw-yaw') Meraiah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎מָרָה‎; rebellion

Meraiah. Compare ‎יִמְרָה‎.

• § Meraiah = "rebellion"
• Merajah, an Israelite

1) a priest after the exile in the days of Joiakim

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.12

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְרָיָה‎ proper name, masculine a priest in days of high priest Joiakim Neh 12:12 ᵐ5 Μαρεα, Μαρ(α)ια, ᵐ5^L Αμαριας.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Male • A priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Meraiah, a priest who served during the time of Joiakim the high priest (Neh.12.12).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.12;
• only referred to as Meraiah מְרָיָה.

Meraiah was a priest who served during the time of Joiakim, the high priest in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile (Neh.12.12). He is mentioned in the list of priests and Levites who went up to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and Jeshua, the high priest (Neh.12.1). Meraiah is specifically listed among the priests who were heads of their fathers' houses during the days of Joiakim (Neh.12.12).

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