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 · 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 →(Judg. 7:22), perhaps identical with Zereda or Zeredathah. Some identify it with Zahrah, a place about 3 miles west of Beth-shean.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
