Meraioth

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Meraioth 1. Son of Ahitub and father of Zadok (  1 Chronicles 9:11 ,   Nehemiah 11:11 ). 2. A Levite (  1 Chronicles 6:6 f.,   Ezra 7:3 ); called in   Esther 8:2  Esther 8:2 Memeroth and in   Esther 1:2  Esther 1:2 Marimoth . 3. A priestly house in the days of Joiakim (  Nehemiah 12:15 = Meremoth of   Nehemiah 12:3 ).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Nehemiah 12:15 , a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in  Nehemiah 12:3 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Meraioth'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/meraioth.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mera'ioth. (Rebellious).

1, A descendant of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, and head of a priestly house.  1 Chronicles 6:61;  1 Chronicles 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.

2. The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshu, a was represented by Helkai.  Nehemiah 12:15.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Sprung from Eleazar, Aaron's son; ancestor of Zadok and Ezra ( 1 Chronicles 6:6). Lightfoot (Temple Serv. 4:1) thought that he was next before Eli, and that at his death the high priesthood passed from Eleazar's to Ithamar's line. Meraioth and Ahitub are perhaps transposed in Azariah's genealogy ( 1 Chronicles 9:11;  Nehemiah 11:11).

2.  Nehemiah 12:15; MEREMOTH in  Nehemiah 12:3.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Zerahiah,a priest.  1 Chronicles 6:6,7,52;  Ezra 7:3 .

2. Son of Ahitub, a priest.   1 Chronicles 9:11;  Nehemiah 11:11 .

3. Ancestor of Helkai, a priest in the days of Joiakim.   Nehemiah 12:15 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 6:52 2 Ezra 7:3 1 Chronicles 9:11 Nehemiah 11:11 3 Nehemiah 12:15 Nehemiah 12:3

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Merayoth', מְרָיוֹת , Rebellions ; Sept. Μεραιώθ , Μεραώθ , and Μαριώθ v. r. Μαριήλ ), the name of one or more leading priests.

1. The son of Zerahiah and father of Amariah, a high-priest of the line of Eleazar ( 1 Chronicles 6:6-7;  1 Chronicles 6:52;  Ezra 7:3). BC. considerably ante 1062. It was thought by Lightfoot that he was the immediate predecessor of Eli in the office of high-priest, and that at his death the high-priesthood changed from the line of Eleazar to the line of Ithamar (Temple Service, iv, § 1). In  1 Chronicles 9:11;  Nehemiah 11:11, his name appears to have become transposed between those of Zadok and Ahitub, instead of its proper place after the latter, as may be seen from  1 Chronicles 6:6-12. (See High-Priest).

2. A chief priest whose son Helkai was contemporary with the high-priest Joiakim ( Nehemiah 12:15); doubtless identical with the MEREMOTH of  Nehemiah 12:3.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mḗ - rā´yoth , mḗ - rı̄´ōth ( מריות , merāyōth ): The name varies much in the Greek.

(1) A L evite, a descendant of Aaron ( 1 Chronicles 6:6 f;   Ezra 7:3 ), called "Memeroth" in 1 Esdras 8:2; and "Marimoth" in 2 Esdras 1:2.

(2) The son of Ahitub and father of Zadok ( 1 Chronicles 9:11 ).

(3) A priestly house of which, in the days of Joiakim, Helkai was head ( Nehemiah 12:15 ). In  Nehemiah 12:3 the name is given as "Meremoth."