Zaraias
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
ZARAIAS . 1 . Esther 5:8 Esther 5:8 = Seraiah , Ezra 2:2; Azariah , Nehemiah 7:7 . Nehemiah 7:2 . Esther 8:2 Esther 8:2 , one of the ancestors of Ezra, called Zerahiah , Ezra 7:4 , and Arna , Esther 1:2 Esther 1:2 . Esther 1:3 . 1Es 8:31 = Zerahiah , the father of Eliehoenal, Ezra 8:4 . Ezra 8:4 . 1Es 8:34 = Zebadiah , Ezra 8:8 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
za - rā´yas , za - rı̄´as ( Ζαραίας , Zaraı́as ):
(1) One of the leaders in the Return along with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:8) = "Seraiah" of Ezra 2:2 and "Azariah" of Nehemiah 7:7 = the King James Version Zacharias (which see).
(2) An ancestor of Ezra in 1 Esdras 8:2 (omitted in Codex Vaticanus and Swete) = "Zerahiah" of Ezra 7:4 and apparently= "Arna" of 2 Esdras 1:2.
(3) The father of Eliaonias, the leader of the sons of Phaath Moab under Ezra (1 Esdras 8:31)= "Zerahiah" of Ezra 8:4 .
(4) One of "the sons of Saphatias" who went up with Ezra (1 Esdras 8:34) = "Zebadiah" of Ezra 8:8 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Ζαραίας ), the Greek form of ZERHIAAHA (a, 1 Esdras 8:2; comp. Ezra 7:1; b, 1 Esdras 8:31; comp. Ezra 8:4) or (corruptly) ZEBADIAH (1 Esdras 8:34; comp. Ezra 8:8).
