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Lexicon :: Strong's H2999 - yabōq

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יַבֹּק
Transliteration
yabōq
Pronunciation
yab-boke'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּקַק (H1238)
Strong’s Definitions

יַבֹּק Yabbôq, yab-boke'; probably from H1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan:—Jabbok.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2999 in the following manner: Jabbok (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2999 in the following manner: Jabbok (7x).

  1. Jabbok = "emptying"

    1. a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַבֹּק Yabbôq, yab-boke'; probably from H1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan:—Jabbok.
STRONGS H2999: Abbreviations
† יַבֹּק proper name, of a river (√ probably בקק; so Thes after Simonis, Samaritan Di) מַעֲבַר (ה)יבק Genesis 32:23 (where perhaps connected with אבק = יאבק); נַ֫חַל יַבּ׳ Deuteronomy 2:37, הַנַּחַל יַבּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2, יַבֹּק Numbers 21:24 (|| אַרְנֹּן, compare Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2), הַיַּבֹּק Judges 11:13, 22 (in both || ארנון); it empties into Jordan from East, in latitude of Shiloh; northern border of Amorites, Numbers 21:24 (see Di), Judges 11:22; in its upper course it runs south to north, hence (west) border of Ammon, Deuteronomy 3:16 (compare Deuteronomy 2:37), Joshua 12:2; modern Wady Zerqa BdPal.181.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:23

Numbers

21:24; 21:24

Deuteronomy

2:37; 2:37; 3:16; 3:16; 3:16

Joshua

12:2; 12:2; 12:2

Judges

11:13; 11:22; 11:22

H2999

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Strong's Number H2999 matches the Hebrew יַבֹּק (yabōq),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - Only thou didst not approach the land of the children of Ammon, the whole border of the river Jabbok, nor the cities of the mountain, nor to whatsoever Jehovah our God had forbidden us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, the middle of the ravine and its border, as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the ravine, and over half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and unto the Jordan; and now restore it peaceably.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.
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