Zeruiah: meaning of the name

Zeruiah in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Zeruiah in the Bible

• Zeruiah, daughter of Nahash

  25 verses · first mentioned in 1 Samuel 26:6

Zeruiah in Scripture

“Zeruiah” appears in 25 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 1 Samuel 26:6

  Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

• 2 Samuel 2:13

  And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

• 2 Samuel 2:18

  And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

• 2 Samuel 3:39

  And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

• 2 Samuel 8:16

  And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

• 2 Samuel 14:1

  Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 16:9

  Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

• 2 Samuel 16:10

  And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?