tseruya · Zeruiah

What it means

tseruya (צְרוּיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Zeruiah”.

Sister of David and mother of Joab, Abishai and Asahel (1 Chronicles 2:16). Her sons are named after her: "the sons of Zeruiah."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×14
• 1 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×8

• 1 Samuel 26:6

  David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul, to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

• 2 Samuel 2:13

  And Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon together; and they sat down, these on this side of the pool and those on that side of the pool.

• 2 Samuel 2:18

  The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot like one of the gazelles that are in the field.

• 2 Samuel 3:39

  And I am soft today, though anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are harder than I. May YHWH repay the one who does evil according to his evil!”

• 2 Samuel 8:16

  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

• 2 Samuel 14:1

  Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the heart of the king was on Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 16:9

  Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me cross over and take off his head.”

• 2 Samuel 16:10

  The king said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, for YHWH has said to him, ‘Curse David’; and who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

• 2 Samuel 17:25

  Absalom had set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

• 2 Samuel 18:2

  David sent out the people, a third under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will surely go out with you myself too.”

• 2 Samuel 19:21

  Abishai son of Zeruiah answered and said, “For this, shall not Shimei be put to death, because he cursed the anointed of YHWH?”

• 2 Samuel 19:22

  David said, “What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah, that you should be to me today an opponent? Should anyone be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?”

• 2 Samuel 21:17

  But Abishai son of Zeruiah helped him, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “You shall not go out with us to battle again, so that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.”

• 2 Samuel 23:18

  Abishai, the brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he was head of the three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred slain, and he had a name among the three.

• 2 Samuel 23:37

  Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, who carried the armor of Joab son of Zeruiah;

• 1 Kings 1:7

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

• 1 Kings 2:5

  Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether, whom he killed, and he set the blood of war in time of peace and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist and on his sandal that were on his feet.

• 1 Kings 2:22

  And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom — for he is my brother, older than I — for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

• 1 Chronicles 2:16

  And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

• 1 Chronicles 11:6

  David said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite first will be head and commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became head.

• 1 Chronicles 11:39

  Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, who carried the armor of Joab son of Zeruiah;

• 1 Chronicles 18:12

  And Abishai son of Zeruiah struck Edom in the Valley of Salt: eighteen thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 18:15

  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

• 1 Chronicles 26:28

  And all that Samuel the seer had consecrated, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, everyone who consecrated was under the direction of Shelomith and his brothers.

• 1 Chronicles 27:24

  Joab son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish; and because of this there came wrath on Israel, and the number was not entered in the account of the chronicles of King David.

And 1 more times.