1 Chronicles 1:26

Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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שְׂר֥וּג
שְׂר֥וּג
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Serug")
Dictionary form: שְׂרוּג · seh-ROOɡ

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: serug
serug ×5
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Serug — Standard English rendering of this proper name.
Śərūg — Scholarly transliteration; preferred in academic contexts.
Seruch — Greek/LXX form; used in NT-linked genealogies (Luke 3:35).

BDB8309 H8286

BDB8308 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB8310

שְׂרוּג proper name, masculine descendant (i.e. younger branch) of Peleg Gen 11:20; Gen 11:21; Gen 11:22; Gen 11:23; 1Chr 1:26 Σερουχ (ᵐ5L Chronicles Σερουτ).

serug
śĕrûg
branch
Serug, a postdiluvian patriarch
  • son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham

נָח֖וֹר
נָח֖וֹר
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Nahor")
Dictionary form: נָחוֹר · naw-HORE

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: nahor
nahor ×8 of nahor ×4 and nahor ×1 nahors ×1 of nachor ×1 of nahors ×1 to nahor ×1 unto nahor ×1
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Nahor — Standard modern English spelling; preferred in most translations.
Nachor — Greek/NT form; use when following Septuagint or NT spelling.
Nahore — Alternate transliteration; rarely preferred over 'Nahor'.

BDB5132 H5152

BDB5131 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB5133

נָחוֺר proper name, masculine (connection with √ obscure); —

1. father of Terah Gen 11:22; Gen 11:23; Gen 11:24; Gen 11:25 (all P), 1Chr 1:26.
2. son of Terah and brother of Abraham Gen 11:26; Gen 11:27 (P), vGen 11:29 (twice in verse); Gen 22:20; Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47 compare Gen 29:5 (all J), Josh 24:2 (E); ׳עִיר נ Gen 24:10 (J); ׳אֶלֹהֵי נ Gen 31:53 (E). — ᵐ5 always Ναχωρ.

nahor, nahors, nachor
nāḥôr
snorting
Nachor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
  • son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham
  • "son of Terah and brother of Abraham

תָּֽרַח
תָּֽרַח
Root word a name — transliterate it ("Terah")
Dictionary form: תֶּרַח · teh-RA

Noun — Proper Name

In the KJV here: terah
terah ×8 of terah ×2 at tarah ×1 even terah ×1 from tarah ×1
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Terah — Standard English spelling; use for the patriarch Abraham's father.
Tarah — Alternate spelling used for the wilderness campsite in Numbers.
Terah (Tarah) — Combined form clarifying both spellings refer to the same name.

terah, tarah
teraḥ
station, delay
Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert
  • (n pr m) the father of Abraham
  • "(n pr loc) a station of Israel in the wilderness

The cantillation accents are the Masoretes' punctuation: each group below ends at a pausing accent. Translate a group as one unit.
שְׂר֥וּג נָח֖וֹר Tipeha — a lesser break תָּֽרַח Silluq — end of the verse

שְׂרוּג נָחוֹר תָּֽרַח׃
26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Cross References

Luke 3:34

τοῦ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ Θάρα τοῦ Ναχὼρ
34
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,