צְרוּיָה
Tsᵉrûwyâh · tser-oo-yaw'
Tserujah, an Israelitess
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle from the same as H6875 (צְרִי); wounded;
Tserujah, an Israelitess
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zeruiah.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צְרוּיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zeruiah24 · 92%
- to zeruiah1 · 4%
- were zeruiah1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.