I. [סֶ֫רֶן]₂₁ noun masculine tyrant, lord (Philistine loan-word); — plural absolute הַסְּרָנִים Judges 16:30 2t.; construct סַרְנֵי Judges 3:3 16t.; suffix סַרְנֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:4; — only of tyrants, lords of the Philistines, five in number Judges 3:3; Joshua 13:3 (D), 1 Samuel 6:16,18 compare 1 Samuel 6:4, i.e. apparently, one ruling each of the five cities (named 1 Samuel 6:17); without the numeral Judges 16:5 6t. Judges 16; 1 Samuel 5:8 7t. 1Samuel; + 1 Chronicles 12:20 (Bear Ginsb; v.1 Chronicles 12:19 van d. H.).

II. [סֶ֫רֶן] noun [masculine] axle (Aramaic ; √ unknown); — סַרְנֵי נְחשֶׁת 1 Kings 7:30 axles of brass (ᵐ5 τὰ προσέχοντα, ᵑ9 axes).

[סַרְעַמָּה] see סעף. סרף see שׂרף.