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צְרוּיָה H6870

H6870 is the Hebrew word צְרוּיָה, transliterated Tsᵉrûwyâh and said tser-oo-yaw'. The King James Version most often renders it zeruiah.

Word: צְרוּיָהTransliteration: TsᵉrûwyâhSaid: tser-oo-yaw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 25 verses

What it means

Tserujah, an Israelitess.

Where it comes from

feminine passive participle from the same as H6875 (צְרִי); wounded.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 26 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

zeruiah 26×

Strong's own list of renderings: Zeruiah.

Verses using צְרוּיָה

All 25 verses, quoted in full.

1 Samuel 26:6 · KJV

Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

2 Samuel 2:13 · KJV

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

2 Samuel 2:18 · KJV

And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

2 Samuel 3:39 · KJV

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

2 Samuel 8:16 · KJV

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

2 Samuel 14:1 · KJV

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

2 Samuel 16:9 · KJV

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

2 Samuel 16:10 · KJV

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

2 Samuel 17:25 · KJV

And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.

2 Samuel 18:2 · KJV

And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

2 Samuel 19:21 · KJV

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?

2 Samuel 19:22 · KJV

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

2 Samuel 21:17 · KJV

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

2 Samuel 23:18 · KJV

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

2 Samuel 23:37 · KJV

Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

1 Kings 1:7 · KJV

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

1 Kings 2:5 · KJV

Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

1 Kings 2:22 · KJV

And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

1 Chronicles 2:16 · KJV

Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

1 Chronicles 11:6 · KJV

And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

1 Chronicles 11:39 · KJV

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

1 Chronicles 18:12 · KJV

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

1 Chronicles 18:15 · KJV

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

1 Chronicles 26:28 · KJV

And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

1 Chronicles 27:24 · KJV

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6870 mean?

H6870 is the Hebrew word צְרוּיָה (Tsᵉrûwyâh), meaning Tserujah, an Israelitess.

How is H6870 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it zeruiah (26 times).

How many times does H6870 appear in the Bible?

צְרוּיָה (Tsᵉrûwyâh) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6870 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine passive participle from the same as H6875 (צְרִי); wounded.

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