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(Heb. Tseruah'. öְøåּòָä , smitten with leporosy [Gesen.] or full-breasted [Fürst]; Sept. ÓáñïõÜ Vulg. Sarua), the widowed mother of Jeroboam the son of Nebat (1Ki_11:26). B.C. 973. In the additional narrative of the Sept. inserted after 1Ki_12:24, she is called Sarira (a corruption of Zereda, Jeroboam's native place), and is said to have been a harlot.