Arah

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.

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 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ezra 2:5 Nehemiah 7:10  Nehemiah 6:18 1 Chronicles 7:39

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1.  1 Chronicles 7:39.

2.  Ezra 2:5.

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).

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.