Meraioth:
bitterness; rebellious; changing
Meraioth:
me-ra'-yoth, me-ri'-oth (merayoth): The name varies much in the Greek.
(1) A Levite, a descendant of Aaron (1Ch 6:6 f; Ezr 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 (1Ch 9:11).
(3) A priestly house of which, in the days of Joiakim, Helkai was head (Ne 12:15). In Ne 12:3 the name is given as "Meremoth."
Meraioth:
(rebellious).
(1.) A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house (1 Chronicles 6:61; 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 Jeshua was represented by helkai (Nehemiah 12:15).
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