Atomic Bible

Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem

Jorah

Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Ezra 2:18.

יוֹרָהJorah

חָרִיףHariph

Also called Hariph.

The name means “Jorai, showing; casting forth; a cauldron.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Jorah Written by AI

Jorah, also called Hariph, was the ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem and Judah from Babylon (Ezra 2:18; Nehemiah 7:24). The return likely took place around 538 BC after the Persian king Cyrus issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to their homeland (Ezra 1:1 to 4). In the lists of returning exiles, 112 people are identified as descendants of Jorah/Hariph. The different names may reflect variant spellings or perhaps two related family groups. Apart from being listed among the returning exiles, no other details are provided about Jorah/Hariph or his/their descendants.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Ezra 2:18

    the descendants of Jorah, 112;

  2. Nehemiah 7:24

    the descendants of Hariph, 112;

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.