SERUG

(Seʹrug) [perhaps, twig].

A descendant of Shem, son of Reu and great-grandfather of Abraham, therefore an ancestor of Jesus. Serug lived 230 years (2207-1977 B.C.E.) and had a number of children, becoming father to Nahor at the age of thirty.—Gen. 11:10, 20-23; 1 Chron. 1:24-27; Luke 3:35.