Bible Dictionary
Jorah
Jorah was the ancestor of a family of 112 people who returned from Babylon with Ezra. The same family appears to be called Hariph in Nehemiah.
Definition
Jorah was the ancestor of a family of 112 persons who returned from Babylon with Ezra. The family is identified in Nehemiah under the name Hariph, or Bene-Hariph. The meaning of the name is uncertain, with “harvest-born” suggested.
Biblical Usage
Jorah is mentioned in the genealogical list of those who returned from exile.
Historical Background
The family appears in the postexilic records associated with the return from Babylon and the restoration community.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the early rain), the ancestor of a family of 112 who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 2:18) In (Nehemiah 7:24) he appears under the name Hariph, or more correctly the same family are represented as the Bene-Hariph.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jo'-ra (yorah meaning uncertain, perhaps "harvest-born"): A family which returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:18) = "Chariph" of Ne 7:24 = "Arsiphurith" (the King James Version "Arzephurith") of 1 Esdras 5:16.</p>