Tsᵉrêdâh — H6868

Definition

locative proper noun

Tseredah, a place in Palestine

1. Zereda or Zeredathah = "fortress"
2. a town or territory in Manasseh and the home of Jeroboam

Usually translated as

Zereda, Zeredathah

Origin

or Tsᵉrêdâthâh; apparently from an unused root meaning to pierce; puncture

Occurrences

Tsᵉrêdâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Kings 11:26 — And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda (הַצְּרֵדָ֗ה), Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
• 2 Chronicles 4:17 — In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah (צְרֵדָֽתָה).