Zerah

Judah's son, in the time of Egypt and Wilderness · Tribe of Judah · named in 6 verses

the name means Sunrise Easton's Bible Dictionary

Zerah, son of Judah and Tamar, was the twin brother of Perez and ancestor of Achan.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sunrise. (1.) An "Ethiopian," probably Osorkon II., the successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. With an enormous army, the largest we read of in Scripture, he invaded the kingdom of Judah in the days of Asa (2 Chr. 14:9-15). He reached Zephathah, and there encountered the army of Asa. This is the only instance "in all the annals of Judah of a victorious encounter in the field with a first-class heathen power in full force." The Egyptian host was utterly routed, and the Hebrews gathered "exceeding much spoil." Three hundred years elapsed before another Egyptian army, that of Necho (B.C. 609), came up against Jerusalem.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Judah, Tamar

Children Calcol, Dara, Ethan, Heman, Zabdi

Siblings Er, Onan, Perez, Shelah

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 38:30.

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Verses that name Zerah

Genesis 38:30 Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
Genesis 46:12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
1 Chronicles 2:4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
1 Chronicles 2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
1 Chronicles 9:6 From the Zerahites: Jeuel and 690 relatives.
Matthew 1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.