Ethni = "my hire"

1. an ancestor of Asaph

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Zerah or Zarah = "rising"

1. a son of Reuel and grandson of Esau, one of the dukes of the Edomites

2. twin brother of Pharez, sons of Judah and Tamar; descendants are called Zarhites, Ezrahites, and Izrahites

3. son of Simeon; also called 'Zohar'

4. a Gershonite Levite, son of Iddo of Adaiah

5. the Ethiopian or Cushite, invader of Judah in the reign of Asa who defeated the invaders; probably the same as the Egyptian king Usarken I, second king of the Egyptian 22nd dynasty or perhaps more probably Usarken II, his 2nd successor

6. another Edomite leader; possibly same as 1

Adaiah = "Jehovah has adorned Himself"

1. maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah

2. a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph

3. a Benjamite, son of Shimhi

4. a priest, son of Jehoram

5. ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada

6. a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7. a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

8. a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah