Rebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6, 7, 52).
(2.) Neh. 12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh. 12:3.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Person
Meraioth
Name meaning: bitterness; rebellious; changing (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(rebellious).
A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house. (1 Chronicles 6:61; 7:62) It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ahitub in the genealogy of Azariah. (1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11)
The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua was represented by helkai. (Nehemiah 12:15)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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