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.