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Lexicon :: Strong's H3097 - yô'āḇ

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יוֹאָב
Transliteration
yô'āḇ
Pronunciation
yo-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x

The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x
The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

  1. Joab = "Jehovah is father"

    1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

    2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

    3. a post exilic family

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.
STRONGS H3097: Abbreviations
יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (י׳ is father; compare אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & references) —
1. David's sister's son & captain of his host (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ) 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:13 + 100 times 2 Samuel (also 2 Samuel 20:6 for MT אֲבִישַׁי compare Syriac Version We Dr); 1 Kings 1:7 + 14 times 1 Kings; 1 Chronicles 2:16 + 22 times 1 Chronicles; Psalm 60:2.
2. a descendant of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14 (but Greek Version of the LXX B LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωβαβ).
3. a family-name after the exile Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezra 8:9 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6

2 Samuel

2:13; 20:6

1 Kings

1:7

1 Chronicles

2:16; 4:14

Ezra

2:6; 8:9

Nehemiah

7:11

Psalms

60:2

H3097

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3097 matches the Hebrew יוֹאָב (yô'āḇ),
which occurs 145 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 18:2–1Ch 4:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, H3097 and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's H3097 brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king commanded Joab H3097 and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, H3097 and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - And Joab H3097 said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - And the man said unto Joab, H3097 Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then said Joab, H3097 I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men that bare Joab's H3097 armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - And Joab H3097 blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab H3097 held back the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - And Joab H3097 said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then said Joab H3097 to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, H3097 and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, H3097 But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab H3097 said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab H3097 sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - And it was told Joab, H3097 Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - And Joab H3097 came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. H3097

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - And there went out after him Joab's H3097 men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's H3097 garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - And Joab H3097 said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab H3097 took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's H3097 hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab H3097 and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - And one of Joab's H3097 men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, H3097 and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. H3097

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, H3097 to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab H3097 battered the wall, to throw it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, H3097 Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? H3097 And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab H3097 answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, H3097 Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. H3097 And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab H3097 returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab H3097 was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - And Abishai, the brother of Joab, H3097 the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Asahel the brother of Joab H3097 was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - For the king said to Joab H3097 the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - And Joab H3097 said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, H3097 and against the captains of the host. And Joab H3097 and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab H3097 gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - And he conferred with Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab H3097 the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab H3097 heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest also what Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Then tidings came to Joab: H3097 for Joab H3097 had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab H3097 fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told king Solomon that Joab H3097 was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, H3097 and thus he answered me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab H3097 shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, H3097 and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab H3097 the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (For six months did Joab H3097 remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab H3097 the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, H3097 and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, H3097 the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

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