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Lexicon :: Strong's H6870 - ṣᵊrûyâ

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צְרוּיָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊrûyâ
Pronunciation
tser-oo-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part from the same as צֳרִי (H6875)
Strong’s Definitions

צְרוּיָה Tsᵉrûwyâh, tser-oo-yaw'; feminine passive participle from the same as H6875; wounded; Tserujah, an Israelitess:—Zeruiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H6870 in the following manner: Zeruiah (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H6870 in the following manner: Zeruiah (26x).

  1. Zeruiah = "balsam"

    1. sister of David and mother of the 3 leading heroes of David's army - Abishai, Joab, and Asahel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְרוּיָה Tsᵉrûwyâh, tser-oo-yaw'; feminine passive participle from the same as H6875; wounded; Tserujah, an Israelitess:—Zeruiah.
STRONGS H6870: Abbreviations
† צְרוּיָה proper name, feminine Σαρουια: mother of Abishai, Joab and Asahel; — צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:6 +, צְרֻיָה 2 Samuel 14:1; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 23:37; — according to 1 Chronicles 2:16a she was David's sister; called אֵם יוֺאָב 2 Samuel 17:25; elsewhere after construct בֶּןֿ (בְּנֵי): בֶּןצֿ׳ of Abishai 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 21:17; 1 Chronicles 18:12; of Joab 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 8:16 = 1 Chronicles 18:15; 2 Samuel 14:1; 2 Samuel 23:18 and 2 Samuel 23:37 = 1 Chronicles 11:39; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 2:5,22; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 26:28; 1 Chronicles 27:24; plural of all three 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:16; Abishai and Joab 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6; 26:6

2 Samuel

2:13; 2:18; 3:39; 8:16; 14:1; 14:1; 16:9; 16:10; 16:10; 17:25; 18:2; 19:22; 19:23; 21:17; 23:18; 23:37; 23:37

1 Kings

1:7; 2:5; 2:22

1 Chronicles

2:16; 2:16; 11:6; 11:39; 18:12; 18:15; 26:28; 27:24

H6870

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6870 matches the Hebrew צְרוּיָה (ṣᵊrûyâ),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart went out to Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[fn] who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - But David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.[fn] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men[fn] and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[fn] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[fn] on the belt around his[fn] waist and on the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother, and on his side are Abiathar[fn] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - David said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - Also all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of Shelomoth[fn] and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish. Yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.
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