שְׂגוּב
se.guv
“Segub”
Definition
Segub, the name of two Israelites
from H7682 (שָׂגַב); aloft;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שְׂגוּב appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
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