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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 -

Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 and the servants of David went out and met [fn]them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, [fn]one on the one side of the pool and [fn]the other on the other side of the pool.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 -

Now the three sons of Zeruiah H6870 were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as [fn]swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - “Thus I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah H6870 are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 -

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 knew that the king’s heart was inclined toward Absalom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 -

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870 said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me pass over now and remove his head.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah H6870? If he curses, and if Yahweh has told him, ‘Curse David,’ then who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [fn]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah H6870, Joab’s mother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent the people out, one-third under the hand of Joab, one-third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870, Joab’s brother, and one-third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870 said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the anointed of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - David then said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah H6870, that you should this day be an adversary to me? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? For do I not know that I am king over Israel today?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870 helped him, and struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 -

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah H6870, was chief of the [fn]thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred [fn]who were slain by him; and he had a name as well as the three.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - [fn]And he had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah, they helped him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [fn]shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt [fn]about his [fn]waist, and on his sandals [fn]on his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - Then King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom—for he is my older brother—even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 -

and their sisters were Zeruiah H6870 and Abigail.

And the three sons of Zeruiah H6870 were [fn]Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - And David said, “Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander.” Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 went up first, so he became chief.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 -

Zelek the Ammonite,

Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 -

Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah H6870 [fn]smote 18,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - And all that Samuel the seer had set apart as holy and Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870, everyone who had set apart anything as holy, all of this was [fn]in the care of [fn]Shelomoth and his relatives.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah H6870 had begun to number them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and [fn]this count was not included in the total count of the chronicles of King David.
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