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Zerah
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Zerah (zē`rə), in the Bible.

1 Younger of the twin sons of Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar. The following patronymics are apparently derived from his name: Zarhite, Izrahite, and Ezrahite.

2 Duke of Edom. Gen. 36.13,17; 1 Chron. 1.37.

3 Father of an Edomite king.

4 Same as Zohar Zohar , in the Bible.

1 Father of the owner of the cave of Machpelah.

2 Son of Simeon. An alternative form is Zerah. For the book of Zohar, see kabbalah.
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5 Levite.

6 Leader of an Ethiopian invasion of Judah defeated by King Asa. He is not otherwise known in history.



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421 (1962) (prohibiting a school board from requiring daily prayer at its schools); Zorach v.
The McCollum versus Board of Education (1948) and the Zorach versus Clauson (1951) cases were among the most famous.
 
 
 
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