יָבֵשׁ

ya.veshNounH3003

Jabesh (Gilead)

From: the same as H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of H1568 (גִּלְעָד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);

Short Definition

Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

Full Lexicon Entry

§ Jabesh = "dry" a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--L

DescriptionN:N--L

Occurrences

21 times

Appears 21 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Samuel
8
Judges
5
2 Kings
3
2 Samuel
3
1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 10:11
  • 1 Samuel 11:5
  • 1 Samuel 31:12
  • 2 Kings 15:14
  • Judges 21:8

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