Ahitub = "my brother is good (goodness)"

1. a grandson of Eli

2. the father of Zadok the priest

Amariah = "Jehovah speaks" or "Yah(u) has promised"

1. Zadok's grandfather

2. a head priest's son in Solomon's time

3. a chief priest under Jehoshaphat

4. Hezekiah's son, great-grandfather of Zephaniah

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. a Levite under Hezekiah

7. a priest in Nehemiah's time

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail

1. (Qal)

   1. to bear, bring forth

      1. of child birth

      2. of distress (simile)

      3. of wicked (behaviour)

   2. to beget

2. (Niphal) to be born

3. (Piel)

   1. to cause or help to bring forth

   2. to assist or tend as a midwife

   3. midwife (participle)

4. (Pual) to be born

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to beget (a child)

   2. to bear (fig. - of wicked bringing forth iniquity)

6. (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive)

7. (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

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