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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

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.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.