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Sered

Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

Sered was a son of Zebulun and the ancestor of the Seredite clan.

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Also known as Seredite · Sardites

Sered is mentioned in Gen.46.14 and Num.26.26 as one of the sons of Zebulun, the tenth son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is listed among the descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt during the time of Joseph. In Num.26.26, Sered is identified as the ancestor of the Seredite clan, one of the clans within the tribe of Zebulun. The Seredites were numbered among the Israelites during the census taken in the wilderness of Sinai.

Family

Father
Zebulun
Siblings
ElonJahleel

Bible dictionary

Sered Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Fear, one of the sons of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14).

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Sered Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(fear), the first-born of Zebulun. (Genesis 46:14; Numbers 26:26) about 1700.)

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Sered Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

dyer's vat

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Sered Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

SE'RED (fear), one of Zebulun's sons. Gen 46:14; Num 26:26.

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Sered Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

SE'RED (fear), one of Zebulun's sons. Gen 46:14; Num 26:26.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Sered appears

2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5624

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.