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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 - So because Gideon broke down Baal’s altar, they gave him the name Jerub-Baal[fn] that day, saying, “Let Baal contend with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 - Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - “Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - So have you acted honorably and in good faith toward Jerub-Baal and his family today? If you have, may Abimelek be your joy, and may you be his, too!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn’t he Jerub-Baal’s son, and isn’t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelek?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - Then the LORD sent Jerub-Baal,[fn] Barak,[fn] Jephthah and Samuel,[fn] and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.
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