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Lexicon :: Strong's H6870 - ṣᵊrûyâ

Aa
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 Box1Sa 26:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom put Amasa at the head of the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had been the lover of Abigail, the daughter of Jesse, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent the people out, a third of them under the orders of Joab, and a third under the orders of Abishai, son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, And I myself will certainly go out with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you put yourselves against me today? is it right for any man in Israel to be put to death today? for I am certain today that I am king in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three hundred with his spear, and he got for himself a name among the thirty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - And he had talk with Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they were on his side and gave him their support.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - Then King Solomon made answer and said to his mother, Why are you requesting me to give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah? Take the kingdom for him in addition, for he is my older brother, and Abiathar the priest and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, are on his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - And everything Samuel the prophet and Saul, the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, had made holy; whatever anyone had given, it was under the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - The numbering was started by Joab, the son of Zeruiah, but he did not go on to the end; and because of it, wrath came on Israel and the number was not recorded in the history of King David.
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