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HebrewH8286Proper Noun (Masculine)

שְׂרוּג

se.rug

5Occurrences
H8286Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Serug, a postdiluvian patriarch

from H8276 (שָׂרַג); tendril;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Reu (H7466); father of: Nahor (H5152) Also named: Sarouch (*Σαρούχ *"Serug" G4562) § Serug = "branch" son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שְׂרוּג appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
4
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:26BSB

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

Genesis 11:20BSB

When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

Genesis 11:21BSB

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22BSB

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 11:23BSB

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.