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HebrewH2985Proper Noun (Masculine)

יָבִין

ya.vin

6Occurrences
H2985Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings

from H995 (בִּין); intelligent;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at § Jabin = "whom God observes" 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of ) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יָבִין appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
5
Joshua
1

Key Passages

Judges 4:2BSB

So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

Judges 4:7BSB

And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”

Judges 4:17BSB

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Judges 4:23BSB

On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.

Judges 4:24BSB

And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.

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