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Strong's #3097 - יוֹאָב

Transliteration

Yôwʼâb

Phonetics

yo-awb'

Origin

from (H3068) and (G1)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Joab = "Jehovah is father"
1. son of David´s sister Zeruiah and general of David´s army
2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz
3. a post exilic family

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (142)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 23

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

BSB (145)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

CSB (142)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

ESV (144)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

KJV (143)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 23

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

LEB (140)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 98

1 Kings 14

1 Chronicles 23

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 1

LSB (144)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

N95 (144)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

NAS (144)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (144)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 101

1 Kings 15

1 Chronicles 24

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 1

ASV (142)

against joab 2

all that joab 1

also what joab 1

and for joab 1

and it came to pass, when joab 1

and joab 36

and that joab 1

and when joab 2

art thou joab 1

but joab 1

for joab 4

him joab's 1

himself unto joab 1

i pray you, unto joab 1

instead of joab 1

it out to joab 1

joab 21

joab's 4

now joab 3

now when joab 2

of him how joab 1

of joab 13

of joab's 1

so joab 6

that was in joab's 1

that were with joab 1

them. and joab 1

then joab 5

to joab 13

unto him. so joab 1

unto joab 4

us. and joab 1

was joab 1

were there, joab 1

when joab 2

wherefore joab 1

which joab 1

with joab 2

BSB (145)

- 3

and for joab 1

and joab 12

as soon as joab 1

but joab 5

he 2

him 1

how joab 1

in joab''s 1

joab 63

joab''s 3

meanwhile, joab 1

now joab 3

of joab 14

of joab''s 1

so joab 14

so joab''s 1

then joab 6

to joab 2

under joab 1

under joab''s 1

was joab''s 1

when joab 5

while joab 1

who 1

CSB (142)

for joab 2

he 1

him 1

joab 122

joab's 16

ESV (144)

joab 136

joab's 8

KJV (143)

joab 135

joab's 8

LEB (140)

after joab 1

and for joab 1

and joab 14

but joab 1

in joab 1

joab 85

joab⌋ 1

now joab 1

s 1

so joab 6

then joab 19

thus joab 1

to joab 2

when joab 6

LSB (144)

joab 136

joab's 8

N95 (144)

joab 136

joab's 8

NAS (144)

joab 135

joab's 9

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (144)

against joab 2

all that joab 1

also what joab 1

and for joab 1

and joab 8

and that joab 1

are you joab 1

but joab 1

for joab 4

himself to joab 1

instead of joab 1

it out to joab 1

joab 48

now joab 3

now when joab 2

of him how joab 1

of joab 14

so joab 6

that joab 1

then joab 7

therefore joab 1

to joab 17

was joab 1

when joab 4

which joab 1

who were with joab 1

with joab 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (׳י is father; compare אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & references) —

1 David's sister's son & captain of his host (ᵐ5 Ἰωαβ) 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:13 100t. 2Samuel (also 2 Samuel 20:6 for ᵑ0אֲבִישַׁי compare ᵑ6 We Dr); 1 Kings 1:7 14t. 1Kings; 1 Chronicles 2:16 22t. 1Chronicles; Psalm 60:2.

2 a descendant of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14 (but ᵐ5 B ᵐ5^L Ἰωβαβ).

3 a family-name after the exile Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (ᵐ5 Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezra 8:9 (ᵐ5 Ἰωαβ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יוֹאָב (“whose father is Jehovah”), Joab, pr.n. of David’s general, 2 Samuel 2:24; 1 Kings 2:5, 22 1 Kings 2:22 also of other men.

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List of Word Forms

בְּיוֹאָ֛ב ביואב וְיוֹאָ֑ב וְיוֹאָ֕ב וְיוֹאָ֖ב וְיוֹאָ֗ב וְיוֹאָ֛ב וְיוֹאָ֞ב וְיוֹאָ֥ב וְיוֹאָ֨ב וְיוֹאָב֙ וּלְיֹאָ֖ב וּלְיוֹאָ֖ב ויואב וליאב וליואב י֠וֹאָב יוֹאָ֑ב יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֖ב יוֹאָ֗ב יוֹאָ֛ב יוֹאָ֜ב יוֹאָ֡ב יוֹאָ֣ב יוֹאָ֣ב ׀ יוֹאָ֤ב יוֹאָ֥ב יוֹאָ֨ב יוֹאָֽב׃ יוֹאָב֙ יוֹאָב֩ יואב יואב׃ לְיוֹאָ֑ב לְיוֹאָ֖ב לְיוֹאָב֙ ליואב bə·yō·w·’āḇ beyoAv bəyōw’āḇ lə·yō·w·’āḇ leyoAv ləyōw’āḇ ū·lə·yō·’āḇ ū·lə·yō·w·’āḇ ūləyō’āḇ uleyoAv ūləyōw’āḇ veyoAv wə·yō·w·’āḇ wəyōw’āḇ yō·w·’āḇ yoAv yoo yōw’āḇ