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Lexicon :: Strong's H3097 - yô'āḇ

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יוֹאָב
Transliteration
yô'āḇ
Pronunciation
yo-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x

The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x
The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

  1. Joab = "Jehovah is father"

    1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

    2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

    3. a post exilic family

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.
STRONGS H3097: Abbreviations
יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (י׳ is father; compare אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & references) —
1. David's sister's son & captain of his host (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ) 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:13 + 100 times 2 Samuel (also 2 Samuel 20:6 for MT אֲבִישַׁי compare Syriac Version We Dr); 1 Kings 1:7 + 14 times 1 Kings; 1 Chronicles 2:16 + 22 times 1 Chronicles; Psalm 60:2.
2. a descendant of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14 (but Greek Version of the LXX B LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωβαβ).
3. a family-name after the exile Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezra 8:9 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6

2 Samuel

2:13; 20:6

1 Kings

1:7

1 Chronicles

2:16; 4:14

Ezra

2:6; 8:9

Nehemiah

7:11

Psalms

60:2

H3097

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3097 matches the Hebrew יוֹאָב (yô'āḇ),
which occurs 145 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (1Sa 26:6–2Sa 17:25)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - And David answered and spoke to Abimelech the Chettite, and to Abessa the son of Saruia the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go in with me to Saul into the camp? And Abessa said, I will go in with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab the son of Saruia, and the servants of David, went forth from Chebron, and met them at the fountain of Gabaon, at the same place: and these sat down by the fountain on this side, and those by the fountain on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the [fn]desert way of Gabaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - And Abenner called Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? knowest thou not that it will be bitter at last? How long then wilt thou refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, As the Lord lives, if thou hadst not spoken, even from the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - And Joab returned from following Abenner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asael.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they take up Asael, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethleem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Chebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - And, behold, the servants of David and Joab arrived from their expedition, and they brought much spoil with them: and Abenner was not with David in Chebron, because he had sent him away, and he had departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - And Joab went in to the king, and said, What is this that thou hast done? behold, Abenner came to thee; and why hast thou let him go, and he has departed in peace?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - And Joab returned from David, and sent messengers to Abenner after him; and they bring him back from the well of Seïram: but David knew it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - [fn]Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - And Joab the son of Saruia was over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud was keeper of the records.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - And David heard, and sent Joab and all his host, even the mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out some of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - And Joab and his people with him advanced to battle against Syria, and they fled from before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - And it came to pass when the time of the year for kings going out to battle had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, [fn]are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how should I do this? as thy soul lives, [fn]I will not do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:18 - And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, [fn]so as to tell them to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen [fn]him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3 - And thou shalt go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, As thy soul lives, my lord, O king, [fn]there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - In order that this form of speech might come about it was that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as is the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to thee according to this thy word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field is next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, and I will send thee to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man [fn]whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.

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