Study
Word study

Word study

Hebrew

Zeruah

צְרוּעָהStrong’s H6871

tseruah (tse-ru-ah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Tseruah is the Hebrew word usually translated “zeruah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.”
1 Kings 11:26 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.11.26; married to Nebat (H5028)
How it's translated
  • zeruah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Kings 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    צְרוּעָה tseruah · Zeruah

    A woman of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.11.26; married to Nebat (H5028); mother of: Jeroboam (H3379) § Zeruah = "full breasted" wife of Nebat and mother of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.