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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:37 - However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill country—all the places the LORD our God had commanded us to leave alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
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