Strong's Lexicon: H2224 זָרַח

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2224
Word:	זָרַח
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	18
Transliteration:	zarach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	zaw-rakh'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun) 2. specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
KJV Renderings:	arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.

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זָרַח verb rise, come forth (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zarâ—u Dl^{Pr 180}; Sabean דֿרח lofty, majestic (of king) and in compound proper name DHM^{ZMG 1875, 605; 1883, 327} Mordt^{ZMG 1876, 37}) —

Qal Perfect ׳ ז Deut 33:2; Ps 112:4 זָרָ֑ח Isa 60:1 וְזָרַח consecutive Isa 58:10; Eccl 1:5 3 feminine singular זָרְחָה Exod 22:2 + 3 t.; וְזָרְָֽחָה consecutive Mal 3:20 Imperfect יִזְרַח 2Sam 23:4; Isa 60:2 יִזְרָ֑ח Job 9:7 וַיִּזְרַח Gen 32:32 3 feminine singular תִּזְרח Ps 104:22 Infinitive construct זְרֹחַ Judg 9:33; Joel 4:8 Participle זוֺרֵחַ Eccl 1:5 —

1. rise:

a. (of sun) Judg 9:33; Nah 3:7; 2Sam 23:4; Jonah 4:8; Job 9:7; Ps 104:22; Eccl 1:5 (twice in verse); followed by על Exod 22:2 ( J E ), 2Kgs 3:22 followed by לְ Gen 32:32 ( J ).

b. figurative, followed by לְ, שֶׁמֶשׁ צְדָקָה Mal 3:20 of ׳ י, וְזָרַח מִשֵּׂעִיר לָמוֺ Deut 33:2 followed by על, Isa 60:2 (|| כבודו יראה); ׳ כבוד י Isa 60:1 subject אוֺד, figurative ( = happiness, blessedness) Isa 58:10; Ps 112:4 (followed by לְ ).

2. come out, appear, of appearance of leprosy (הַצָּרַ֫עַת) 2Chr 26:19.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זרח (h-ragh’)

Exodus 99:3

EHCC: (2).1f the sun be risen upon him,

Deuteronomy 33:2

KJV: And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.a fiery…: Heb. a fire of law

EHCC: aad rose up from Seir unto them ;

2 Kings 3:22

KJV: And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

EHCC: the sun shone upon the water,

2 Chronicles 26:19

KJV: Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

EHCC: the leprosy even rose up in his forehead

Psalms 112:4

KJV: Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

EHCC: Unto the upright there ariseth light

Isaiah 58:10

KJV: And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

EHCC: then shall thy light rise

Nahum 3:17

KJV: Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

EHCC: when the sun ariseth they flee

Malachi 4:2

KJV: But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

EHCC: (3:20). Buf unto you,..shall the Sun of

Psalms 104:22

KJV: The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.

EHCC: The sun ariseth, they gather themselves

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