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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 the people out, a third [fn]under the command of Joab H3097, a third [fn]under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s H3097 brother, and a third [fn]under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will certainly go out with you also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - But the king commanded Joab H3097, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders regarding Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - When a certain man saw him, he informed Joab H3097 and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - Then Joab H3097 said to the man who had informed him, “So behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And it would have been [fn]my duty to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man said to Joab H3097, “Even if I were to [fn]receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘[fn]Protect the young man Absalom for me!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab H3097 said, “I will not [fn]waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the [fn]midst of the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men who carried Joab’s H3097 armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 -

Then Joab H3097 blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab H3097 restrained the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - But Joab H3097 said to him, “You are not the man to bring news this day, but you shall bring news another day; however, you shall bring no news this day, because the king’s son is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then Joab H3097 said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” So the Cushite bowed to Joab H3097 and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - However, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab H3097, “But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab H3097 said, “Why would you run, my son, since you will have no messenger’s reward for going?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - But the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab H3097 sent the king’s servant, and your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I did not know what it was.”

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[fn]Then it was reported to Joab H3097, “Behold, the king is weeping and he mourns for Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab H3097 came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have shamed [fn]all your servants, who have saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - “And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more so, if you will not be commander of the army [fn]for me continually, in place of Joab H3097.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Joab’s H3097 men went out after him, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors; and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came [fn]to meet them. Now Joab H3097 was dressed in his military attire, and over it he had a belt with a sword in its sheath strapped on at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - And Joab H3097 said to Amasa, “Is it going well for you, my brother?” And Joab H3097 took hold of Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab’s H3097 hand, so he struck him in the belly with it and spilled out his intestines on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab H3097 and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - Now one of Joab’s H3097 young men stood by him and said, “Whoever favors Joab H3097 and whoever is for David, follow Joab H3097!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - As soon as he was removed from the road, all the men went on after Joab H3097 to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - And they came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they [fn]built up an assault ramp against the city, and it stood against the outer rampart; and all the people who were with Joab H3097 were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen, listen! Please tell Joab H3097, ‘Come here that I may speak with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - So he approached her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab H3097?” And he answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your slave.” And he said, “I am listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab H3097 replied, “Far be it, far be it from me that I would consume or destroy!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - “Such is not the case. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has raised his hand against King David. Only turn him over, and I will depart from the city.” And the woman said to Joab H3097, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman wisely came to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab H3097. So he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab H3097 also returned to the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 -

Now Joab H3097 was in command of the entire army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 -

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab H3097, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the [fn]thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred [fn]and killed them, and had a name [fn]as well as the three.

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Asahel the brother of Joab H3097 was among the thirty; and there was 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, armor bearers of Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab H3097 the commander of the army, who was with him, “Roam about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab H3097 said to the king, “May the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king can still see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless, the king’s order prevailed against Joab H3097 and against the commanders of the army. So Joab H3097 and the commanders of the army left the presence of the king to conduct a census of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab H3097 gave the number of the census of the people to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who 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 - Now [fn]he had conferred with Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they allied themselves with Adonijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “He has sacrificed oxen and fattened steers and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab H3097 the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

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Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard this as they finished eating. When Joab H3097 heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is the [fn]city making such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you yourself also know what Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [fn]shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt that was on his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - But King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Request for him the kingdom as well—since he is my older brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab H3097 because Joab H3097 had followed Adonijah, though he had not followed Absalom. So Joab H3097 fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was reported to King Solomon that Joab H3097 had fled to the tent of the LORD, and [fn]was beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, [fn]execute him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, “This is what the king has said: ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” So Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “This is what Joab H3097 spoke, and so he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king said to him, “Do just as he has spoken, and [fn]execute him and bury him, so that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab H3097 shed without [fn]justification.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - “So their blood shall return on the head of Joab H3097 and on the head of his [fn]descendants forever; but for David and his [fn]descendants, and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the LORD forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For it came about, when David was in Edom and Joab H3097 the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had struck and killed every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (for Joab H3097 and all Israel stayed there for six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David [fn]lay down with his fathers and that Joab H3097 the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, so that I may go to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were [fn]Abshai, Joab H3097, and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab H3097 the father of [fn]Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

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