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Strong's #4812 - מְרָיוֹת
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Meraioth = “rebellious”
1) grandfather of Ahitub, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
2) son of Ahitub, father of Zadok, descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and the head of a priestly house
3) head of a family of priests represented by Helkai in the time of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua
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1 descendant of Aaron:
a. grandfather of Ahitub and great-grandfather of Zadok 1 Chronicles 5:32; 1 Chronicles 5:33; 1 Chronicles 6:37; Ezra 7:3; ᵐ5 Μαρειηλ, Μαρερωθ, Μαραιωθ, etc.
b. as son of Ahitub and father of Zadok 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11; ᵐ5 Μαρμωθ Μαρ(α)ιωθ.
2 name of a priestly house Nehemiah 12:15 (probably error for מְרֵמוֺת, q. v., Nehemiah 12:3), ᵐ5 L Μαριμωθ.
מְרָיוֹת (“contumacies”), [Meraioth], pr.n. m.
(1) 1 Chron. 5:32 6:37 Ezra 7:3.
(2) 1 Chronicles 9:11 Nehem. 11:11.
(3) Nehemiah 12:15 elsewhere מְרֵמוֹת (in the ancient writing the letters י and מ resemble one another).