HebrewH7731Proper Noun (Masculine)

שׁוֹבַךְ

sho.vakh

“Shobach”

2Occurrences

H7731Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shobak, a Syrian

perhaps for H7730 (שׂוֹבֶךְ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at ; Also named: sho.phakh (*שׁוֹפָךְ *"Shophach" H7780) § Shobach = "expansion" general of king Hadarezer of the Syrians of Zoba in the time of David

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow

Try Lumenology for Free

Word Study Preview

Live Tool

logos (G3056)

word, saying, account

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שׁוֹבַךְ appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel

Key Passages

2 Samuel 10:16BSB

Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

2 Samuel 10:18BSB

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.