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HebrewH3378Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְרֻבַּ֫עַל

ye.rub.ba.al

13Occurrences
H3378Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon

from H7378 (רִיב) and H1168 (בַּעַל); Baal will contend;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Joash (H3101); father of: Jether (H3500), Abimelech (H0040H) and Jotham (H3147); also called Jerubbaal at ; 1xJerubbesheth at ; Another name of gid.on (*גִּדְעוֹן *"Gideon" H1439) § Jerubbaal = "let Baal contend" name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of Baal

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְרֻבַּ֫עַל appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
12
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 12:11BSB

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

Judges 7:1BSB

Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

Judges 8:35BSB

They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.

Judges 9:2BSB

“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

Judges 9:16BSB

Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

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