HebrewH3380Proper Noun (Masculine)
יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת
ye.rub.be.shet
“Jerubbesheth”
1Occurrences
H3380Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Jerubbesheth, a symbolic name for Gideon
from H7378 (רִיב) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); shame (i.e. the idol) 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) § Jerubbesheth = "shame will contend" a variant name of Jerubbaal (the other name of Gideon [ ye.rub.ba.al (*יְרֻבַּ֫עַל *"Jerubbaal" H3378)]) substituting the word 'shame' for the name of the pagan god '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
יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Samuel
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Key Passages
2 Samuel 11:21BSB
Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth ? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
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