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Lexicon :: Strong's H3003 - yāḇēš

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יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration
yāḇēš
Pronunciation
yaw-bashe'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as יָבֵשׁ (H3002) (also Yabeysh {yaw-bashe'})
Strong’s Definitions

יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

  1. Jabesh = "dry"

    proper locative noun

    1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

      proper masculine noun

    2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).
STRONGS H3003: Abbreviations
† III. יָבֵשׁ, יָבֵישׁ proper name, of a location or person.
1. proper name, of a location יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead, Greek Version of the LXX Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site unknown, Judges 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:11 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 Samuel 11:1, 9; 1 Samuel 31:11; 2 Samuel 2:4, 5 (in these three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατιδιτος); יָבֵישׁ 1 Samuel 11:1, 3, 5, 9, 10; יָבֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 10:12; יָבֵ֑ישָׁה 1 Chronicles 10:12; || יָבֵ֫שָׁה 1 Samuel 31:12, 13.
2. proper name, of a person יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:12; 21:14

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:1; 11:3; 11:5; 11:9; 11:9; 11:10; 31:11; 31:12; 31:13

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 21:12

2 Kings

15:10; 15:13; 15:14

1 Chronicles

10:11; 10:12; 10:12

H3003

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3003 matches the Hebrew יָבֵשׁ (yāḇēš),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - So they asked, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we assembled in the presence of the LORD?” And they discovered that no one from Jabesh-gilead had attended the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:9 - For after they counted all the people, no one from Jabesh-gilead was present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the assembly sent 12,000 of their best warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - About a month later,[fn] King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - “Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Saul had been plowing a field with his oxen, and when he returned to town, he asked, “What’s the matter? Why is everyone crying?” So they told him about the message from Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - The men of Jabesh then told their enemies, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you can do to us whatever you wish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:11 - But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13 - Then they took their bones and buried them beneath the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah.
When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - he sent them this message: “May the LORD bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:10 - Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, assassinated him in public,[fn] and became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh began to rule over Israel in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah’s reign in Judah. Shallum reigned in Samaria only one month.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:11 - But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.
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