Bible Names N-Z

Serug in Naves Topical Bible

-An ancestor of Abraham Ge 11:20-23; 1Ch 1:26 -Called SARUCH Lu 3:35...

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Seth in Easton's Bible Dictionary

appointed; a substitute, the third son of Adam and Eve (Gen. 4:25; 5:3). His mother gave him this name, "for God," said she, "hath appointed me [i.e., compensated me with] another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."...

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Shaashgaz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sha-ash'-gaz (sha`ashgaz; Septuagint reads Gai, the same name it gives to the official referred to in Est 2:8,15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one anxious to learn" (Scheft); most commentators suggest no explanation): A chamberlain of Ahasuerus, king of Persia; as keeper of "the second house of women," he had Esth...

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Serug in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(branch), son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham. His age is given in the Hebrew Bible as 230 years. Ge 11:20-23 (B.C. 2180.)...

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Seth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 4:25; Genesis 5:3; 1 Chronicles 1:1. Seth means "foundation," being "appointed" in Abel's place as ancestor of the promised Seed. Father of Enos ("frailty"); a name embodying his sense of man's weakness, the opposite of the Cainites' pride. This sense of frailty led the Sethites to calling on God in His covenant relation to His believi...

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Shaashgaz in Naves Topical Bible

-A chamberlain of Ahasuerus Es 2:14...

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Seorim in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(barley), the chief of the fourth of the twenty-four courses of priests. 1Ch 24:8...

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Seraiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 2 Samuel 8:17. 2. The high priest under king Zedekiah; taken by Nebuzaradan, captain of the Babylonian guard, and slain at Riblah (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Jeremiah 52:24). 3. Son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite; came to the Babylonian viceroy Gedaliah to Mizpah, who promised security to the Jews who should dwell in the land, serv...

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Sergius Paulus in Naves Topical Bible

-A Roman deputy and convert of Paul Ac 13:7-12...

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Seorim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

barley, the chief of the forth priestly course (1 Chr. 24:8)....

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