HebrewH7629Proper Noun (Masculine)
שֹׁבִי
sho.vi
“Shobi”
1Occurrences
H7629Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Shobi, an Ammonite
from H7617 (שָׁבָה); captor;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Nahash (H5176J) § Shobi = "glorious" son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon; supported David during Absalom's rebellion
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֹׁבִי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Samuel
1
Key Passages
2 Samuel 17:27BSB
When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
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