H6872 צְרוֹר (tsᵉrôwr) tser-ore'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Zeror Man living at the time of United Monarchy

A man from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Sa.9.1; only referred to as Zeror (צְרוֹר); a son of Becorath; father of Abiel.

Strong's Definition

a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)

Derivation: or (shorter) צְרֹר; from H6887 (צָרַר);

KJV Usage: bag, [idiom] bendeth, bundle, least grain, small stone.

TWOT Reference: 1973e,1975c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bundle, parcel, pouch, bag (as packed)

2) pebble

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G905 G1199 G3037

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צְרוֹר (tse.ror) — bundle. bundle, parcel, pouch, bag (as packed)

צְרוֹר (tse.ror) — pebble. pebble

צְרוֹר (tse.ror) — Zeror. A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Sa.9.1; son of: Becorath (H1064); father of: Abiel (H0022) § Zeror = "bundle" grandfather of Ḳish

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

צְרֹור (H6872)

noun m · צרר

Containers

bag, bundle, purse, sachet = small container ◄ made of cloth; ► used to transport money, pack aromatic spices in order to put it between clothes, etc .; ≈ associated with possessions and treasures

SNG 1:13 · GEN 42:35 · GEN 42:35 · PRO 7:20 · HAG 1:6 · JOB 14:17 · 1SA 25:29

noun m · צרר

Stone

pebble, tiny grain = very small piece of stone

2SA 17:13 · AMO 9:9

name

Names of People

Zeror = man; ◄ son of Becorath; tribe of Benjamin; ► ancestor of king Saul

1SA 9:1

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צְרוֹר n.m. bundle, parcel, pouch, bag (prop. a binding, i.e sthg. bound up) base

צְרוֹר n.m. pebble base

צְרוֹר n.pr.m. grandfather of Ḳish 1 S 9:1 ref

Bible Occurrences (8)

42:35

9:1 25:29

17:13

14:17

7:20

9:9

1:6

Genesis 42:35

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

1 Samuel 9:1

Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man......, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 25:29

And should someone... pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away... the lives of your enemies [like stones] from a sling.

2 Samuel 17:13

If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.

Job 14:17

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

Proverbs 7:20

He took with him a bag of money and will not return... till the moon [is] full.

Amos 9:9

For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as [grain] is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages... to put into a bag pierced through.