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Serug

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8286

שְׂרוּג

se.rug — Serug

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.20; 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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GREEK · G4562

Σαρούχ

Sarouch — Serug

Σερούχ (Rec. Σαρ-), ὁ, indecl. (Heb. שְׂרוּג), Serug: Luk.3:35.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5152

נָחוֹר

na.chor — Nahor

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.22; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646) Also named: Nachōr (Ναχώρ "Nahor" G3493) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7466

רְעוּ

re.u — Reu

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.18; son of: Peleg (H6389); father of: Serug (H8286) Also named: Rhagau (Ῥαγαῦ "Reu" G4466) § Reu = "friend" son of Peleg and an ancestor of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3592

כִּידֹן

ki.don — Chidon

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Another name of na.khon (נָכוֹן "Nacon" H5225) § Chidon = "javelin" the owner or site of Uzziah's death for touching the ark

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5225

נָכוֹן

na.khon — Nacon

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Also named: ki.don (כִּידֹן "Chidon" H3592) § Nachon = "prepared" the owner of the threshing floor which the ark was passing on the trip to Jerusalem when it started to fall off the cart, Uzzah steadied it, and God smote him dead for touching it

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Historical dictionary entry

Branch, the father of Nahor (Gen. 11:20-23); called Saruch in Luke 3:35.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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