🔼The name Serug: Summary
- Meaning
- Branch
- Etymology
- From the noun שריג (sarig), branch or tendril, from the verb שרג (sarag), to be intertwined.
🔼The name Serug in the Bible
Serug is a descendant of Shem, the son of Noah. Serug is a son of Reu, who is son of Peleg the brother of Joktan (Genesis 11:23).
Serug is an ancestor of Abraham and thus of Israel, David and finally Jesus Christ (Luke 3:35). In Greek this name is spelled as Σαρουχ, Sarouch.
🔼Etymology of the name Serug
The name Serug comes from the verb שרג (sarag), meaning to be intertwined:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
שרג
The verb שרג (sarag) means to be intertwined, and the noun שריג (sarig) means tendril or twig. Both words are used only two times each in the Bible.
🔼Serug meaning
NOBSE Study Bible Name List and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names agree: The name Serug means Branch.