Jorah

Jorah [N] [S]

Jorai
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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Jorah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.
Jorah [N] [H]

(the early rain ), the ancestor of a family of 112 who returned from Babylon with Ezra. ( Ezra 2:18 ) In ( Nehemiah 7:24 ) he appears under the name HARIPH, or more correctly the same family are represented as the Bene-Hariph.


[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Jorah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

JORAH

jo'-ra (yorah meaning uncertain, perhaps "harvest-born"):

A family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:18) = "Chariph" of Nehemiah 7:24 = "Arsiphurith" (the King James Version "Arzephurith") of 1 Esdras 5:16.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JORAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.