Sered | Biblia

or Create a free account

Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites.

Free Bible Study Tools

Full Name

Password

By registering for an account, you agree to Faithlife’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Registering account…

This account already exists.

Did you forget your password?

There was an error while trying to create your account. Please try again soon.

Looking to help your church and family stay connected to the Word while social distancing?
Check out our free church library, church online resources, and family resources.

Learn more

Sered

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

Listed among the sons of Zebulun (Gen 46:14; Num 26:26).

Lexham Bible Dictionary

The most advanced Bible Dictionary

The most advanced Bible dictionary as a part of Biblia Plus, which includes everything you need to take your Bible study to the next level. For less than $1 a week, you'll get devotionals, Bible study guides, thematic studies, and much more!

Expand all Collapse all

Dictionaries

The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Sered, Son of Zebulun

Sered, Son of Zebulun (סֶרֶד‎, sered). Listed among the sons of Zebulun (Gen 46:14; Num 26:26).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Sered (Person)

SERED (PERSON) [Heb sered (סֶרֶד)]. SEREDITES. The oldest of the three sons of Zebulun (Gen 46:14). Sered was the grandson of Jacob and Leah. His name appears in the list of the seventy people who descended with Jacob and his family to Egypt at the time of a severe famine in the land of Canaan (Gen 46:8–27).

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Sered

Sered, Seredite. One of Zebulun’s sons (Gn 46:14) and the father of the Seredite family (Nm 26:26, kjv Sardite).

Sardite

Sardite. kjv form of Seredite, a member of Sered’s family, in Numbers 26:26.See Sered, Seredite.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Sered

Sered sirʹed [Heb. sereḏ] (Gen. 46:14; Nu. 26:26); SEREDITES sir̄tə-dīts [Heb. hassardî] (Nu. 26:26); AV, NEB, SARDITE (S). The oldest son of Zebulun and head of the family called “the Seredites.”

Sardites

Sardites särʹdīts (Nu. 26:26, AV, NEB). The descendants of Sered, called the “Seredites” by the RSV.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Sered

SERED, SEREDITE One of Zebulun’s sons (Gn 46:14) and the father of the Seredite family (Nm 26:26).

Sardite

SARDITE* kjv form of Seredite, a member of Sered’s family, in Numbers 26:26. See Sered, Seredite.

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Sered

SERED. The firstborn son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14; Num 26:26). The name is attested in Ugarit as S-r-d.

Sardite

Human-headed winged bull from the palace of Sargon II. LMSARDITE. The name ascribed to members of the family of Sered, a son of Zebulun (Gen 46:14; Num 26:26).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Sered

Sered (Heb. sereḏ)A son of the patriarch Zebulun (Gen. 46:14); ancestor of the Seredites (Num. 26:26).

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Sered

Sered [sĕrˊĕd] (Heb. sereḏ). A son of the patriarch Zebulun (Gen. 46:14), and ancestor of the Seredites (Num. 26:26; KJV “Sardites”).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Sered

Se´red (fear), the first-born of Zebulun. Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26. (b.c. about 1700.)

Sardites the

Sar´dites, The, descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. Num. 26:26. (In the Revised Version of Rev. 4:3 for sardine stone. The name is derived from Sardis, where the stone was first found.)

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Sered

SE´RED (seʹred; cf. Syr. srad, “to be affrighted”). The firstborn of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14) and head of the family of the Seredites (Num. 26:26).

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Sered

SERED [SIR ed] — the oldest son of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14) and founder of the Sardites (Num. 26:26; Seredites, NIV, NRSV).

Sardites

SARDITES [SAR dights] — a tribal family (Num. 26:26; Seredites, NIV, NRSV) founded by Sered (Gen. 46:14).