BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5028
ne.vat — Nebat
A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.11.26; married to Zeruah (H6871); father of: Jeroboam (H3379) § Nebat = "aspect" an Ephraimite of Zereda, father of king Jeroboam I of the northern kingdom of Israel
25 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6868
tse.re.dah — Zeredah
§ Zereda or Zeredathah = "fortress" a town or territory in Manasseh and the home of Jeroboam
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6888
tse.re.rah — Zererah
Zererath = "oppression" a town or territory in Manasseh and the home of Jeroboam same as tse.re.dah (צְרֵדָה "Zeredah" H6868) Another name of tsa.re.tan (צָֽרְתָן "Zarethan" H6891)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The fortress, a city on the north of Mount Ephraim; the birthplace of Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26). It is probably the same as Zaretan (Josh. 3:16), Zererath (Judg. 7:22), Zartanah (1 Kings 4:12), or the following.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
