צְרוּיָהTsᵉrûwyâh

proper name, feminine: mother of Abishai, Joab and Asahel (1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 14:1; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 2:16)

Pronunciation: tser-oo-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6870

Same root

צְרִיtsᵉrîy · H6875distillation, i.e. balsam

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

1 Samuel 26:6 “Who will volunteer to go in there with me?” David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother. “I’ll go with you,” Abishai replied.
2 Samuel 2:13 About the same time, Joab son of Zeruiah led David’s troops out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. The two groups sat down there, facing each other from opposite sides of the pool.
2 Samuel 2:18 Joab, Abishai, and Asahel—the three sons of Zeruiah—were among David’s forces that day. Asahel could run like a gazelle,
2 Samuel 3:39 And even though I am the anointed king, these two sons of Zeruiah—Joab and Abishai—are too strong for me to control. So may the Lord repay these evil men for their evil deeds.”
2 Samuel 8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
2 Samuel 14:1 Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom.

See every passage

1 Samuel 26:6
2 Samuel 2:13, 2:18, 3:39, 8:16, 14:1, 16:9, 16:10, 17:25, 18:2, 19:21, 19:22, 21:17, 23:18, 23:37
1 Kings 1:7, 2:5, 2:22
1 Chronicles 2:16, 11:6, 11:39, 18:12, 18:15, 26:28, 27:24

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).