fortified; raised
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SEGUB.1. The youngest son of Hiel who re-built Jericho (1Ki_16:34). He died, or was possibly sacrificed by his father, when the gates were set up. See House, p. 369a. 2. Son of Hezron (1Ch_2:21 f.).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Se'gub. (elevated).
1. The youngest son of Hiel, the Hethelite, who rebuilt Jericho. 1Ki_18:34. (B.C. about 910).
2. Son of Hezron. 1Ch_2:21; 1Ch_2:28. (B.C. about 1682).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
sē?gub (שׂגוּב, seghūbh (Ḳerē), שׂגיב, seghı̄bh (Kethı̄bh); Codex Vaticanus Ζεγούβ, Zegoúb; Codex Alexandrinus Σωγούβ, Segoúb):
(1) The youngest son of Hiel, the rebuilder of Jericho (1Ki_16:34). The death of Segub is probably connected with the primitive custom of laying foundations with blood, as, indeed, skulls were found built in with the brickwork when the tower of Bel at Nippur was excavated. See GEZER. If the death of the two sons was based on the custom just mentioned, the circumstance was deliberately obscured in the present account. The death of Segub may have been due to an accident in the setting up of the gates. In any event, tradition finally yoked the death of Hiel's oldest and youngest sons with a curse said to have been pronounced by Joshua on the man that should venture to rebuild Jericho (Jos_6:26).
(2) Son of Hezron and father of Jair (1Ch_2:21).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. Segub', שַׂגיב. [v.r. in Kings Segib, שַׂגַיב], elevated; Sept. Σεγούβ v.r. in Chronicles Σερούχ), the name of two Hebrews.
1. The son of Hezron, grandson of Judah. His mother was the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he was himself father of Jair (1Ch_2:21). B.C. cir. 1850.
2. The youngest son of Hiel, the rebuilder of Jericho, who died for his father's sin according to Joshua's prediction (1Ki_16:34; comp. Jos_6:26). B.C. cir. 910. According to Rabbinical tradition, he died when his father had set up the gates of the city. One story says that his father slew him as a sacrifice on the same occasion.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.