Strong H8286שְׂרוּג

Serug

Transliteration
ώerûg
Pronunciation
ser-oog'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H8276; tendril;
{Serug} a postdiluvian patriarch: - Serug.

Meaning of the name

Serug = "branch"

Detailed definition

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)

In the biblical story

Serug

Son of Reu; father of Nahor, ancestor of Abraham

Serug was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and an ancestor of Abraham, living to the age of 230 years.

In the Bible

Strong H8286 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • serug5

First verses

  1. Genesis 11:20
    And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
  2. Genesis 11:21
    And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
  3. Genesis 11:22
    And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
  4. Genesis 11:23
    And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:26
    Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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