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Lexicon :: Strong's H3378 - yᵊrubaʿal

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יְרֻבַּעַל
Transliteration
yᵊrubaʿal
Pronunciation
yer-oob-bah'-al
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרֻבַּעַל Yᵉrubbaʻal, yer-oob-bah'-al; from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon:—Jerubbaal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3378 in the following manner: Jerubbaal (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3378 in the following manner: Jerubbaal (14x).

  1. Jerubbaal = "let Baal contend"

    1. name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of Baal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרֻבַּעַל Yᵉrubbaʻal, yer-oob-bah'-al; from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon:—Jerubbaal.
STRONGS H3378: Abbreviations
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל 14 proper name, masculine name given to Gideon (according to Judges 6:32, where explanation as let Baal contend (compare Dr284, 4 Köii. 1, 467); Imperfect ירוב not elsewhere [yet תרוב Proverbs 3:30 Kt, and Infinitive construct רוב Judges 21:28 Kt], hence WeSm 31 explanation as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירח, compare יְרוּאֵל, יְרִיאֵל, so GFMJu BuJu NowJu); — Judges 6:32; Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29, 35; Judges 9:1 + 8 times 9 (בָּ֑עַל- Judges 9:24, 57), † 1 Samuel 12:11; = יְרֻכֶּ֫שֶׁת [H3380 2 Samuel 11:21] (see H1322 בּשֶׁת 2, below בושׁ); Ιεροβααλ (usually; so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 1 Samuel 12:11; [H3380 2 Samuel 11:21], where Greek Version of the LXXB Ιεροβοαμ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

6:32; 6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 8:35; 9:1; 9:24; 9:57

1 Samuel

12:11; 12:11

Proverbs

3:30

H3378

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3378 matches the Hebrew יְרֻבַּעַל (yᵊrubaʿal),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he named Gideon Jerubbaal, [fn]meaning, “Let Baal plead,” because he had torn down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 -

Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him got up early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 -

Jerubbaal (Gideon) the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - nor did they show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 -

Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives, and said to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother’s father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak now in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your own bone and flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and murdered his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, [in a public execution] on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left alive, because he had hidden himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 -

“Now then, if you acted in truth and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have dealt with him as he deserved—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - if then you have acted in truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal (Gideon) might come [on the guilty], and that their [innocent] blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who had killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands (encouraged him) to kill his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not [merely] the son of Jerubbaal and is Zebul not his lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor the father (founder) of Shechem. Why then should we serve Abimelech?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - Also God repaid all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) came upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - “Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal (Gideon) and [fn]Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and He rescued you from the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in security.
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