Arah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 7:39.

2. Ezra 2:5.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Ezra 2:5Nehemiah 7:10 Nehemiah 6:181 Chronicles 7:39

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ARAH . 1 . In the genealogy of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:39 ). 2 . His family returned with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:5 , Nehemiah 6:18; Nehemiah 7:10 , 1E Esther 5:10 mg.).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Ulla, a descendant of Asher. 1 Chronicles 7:39 .

2. Father of a family who returned from exile. Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10 .

3. A Jew whose grand-daughter married Tobiah the Ammonite, who greatly hindered the building of the city Nehemiah 6:18 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'rah. (wayfaring).

1. An Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. 1 Chronicles 7:39.

2. The sons of Arah returned with Zerubbabel in number, 775 according to Ezra 2:5, but 652 according to Nehemiah 7:10. (B.C. 536). One of his descendants, Shechaniah, was the father-in-law of Tobiah, the Ammonite. Nehemiah 6:18.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā´ra ( ארח , 'āraḥ , "traveler"?): (1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:39 ). (2) The head of a family that returned from the exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10 ). He is sometimes identified with Arah of Nehemiah 6:18 whose grand-daughter became the wife of Tobiah, the Ammonite who tried to thwart Nehemiah in rebuilding Jerusalem.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Arach', אָרִח, prob. for אָרֵחִ wayfaring), the name of two men.

1. (Sept. Ο᾿ρέχ .) The first named of the three sons of Ulla of the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:39). B.C. apparently 1017.

2. (Sept. Ἀρές, ᾿Ηρά ) An Israelite whose posterity (variously stated as 775 and 652 in number) returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10). B.C. ante 536. He is probably the same with the Arab (Sept. ᾿Ηραέ ) whose son Shechaniah was father-in-law of Tobiah (Nehemiah 6:18).