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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 101 times in 84 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 2:13–2Sa 18:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - And Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met [fn]them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, [fn]one on the one side of the pool and [fn]the other on the other side of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner said to Joab H3097, “Now let the young men arise and [fn]hold a contest before us.” And Joab H3097 said, “Let them arise.”

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Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab H3097 and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as [fn]swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner repeated again to Asahel, “Turn [fn]aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab H3097?”

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But Joab H3097 and Abishai pursued Abner. Now the sun was going down, and they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab H3097 and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you [fn]refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab H3097 said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have only gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab H3097 blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

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Now Joab H3097 returned from following Abner. And he had gathered all the people together, and [fn]nineteen of David’s servants besides Asahel were missing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab H3097 and his men went all night until the day [fn]dawned at Hebron.

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And behold, the servants of David and Joab H3097 came from a raid and brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - Now Joab H3097 and all the army that was with him arrived, and they told Joab H3097, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab H3097 came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone?

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Then Joab H3097 came out from David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab H3097 took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it whirl on the head of Joab H3097 and on all his father’s house; and may one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread not be cut off from the house of Joab H3097.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab H3097 and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

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Then David said to Joab H3097 and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Now Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - Then David heard of it and sent Joab H3097 and all the army, the mighty men.

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Then Joab H3097 saw that [fn]the battle was set against him from the front and from the rear. So he chose from all the choice men of Israel, and they arranged themselves to meet the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - So Joab H3097 and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - Now the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled. So they also fled before Abishai and came into the city. Then Joab H3097 returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

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Now it happened [fn]in the spring, at the time when [fn]kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab H3097 and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

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Then David sent to Joab H3097, saying, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab H3097 sent Uriah to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the [fn]state of Joab H3097 and the [fn]state of the people and the [fn]state of the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]booths, and my lord Joab H3097 and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”

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Now it happened in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab H3097 and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So it was as Joab H3097 kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And the men of the city went out and fought against Joab H3097, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:18 - Then Joab H3097 sent and told David all the events of the war.

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So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab H3097 had sent him to tell.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab H3097, ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your sight, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and [fn]tear it down’; and so strengthen him.”

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Then Joab H3097 fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - And Joab H3097 sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters.

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Now Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart was inclined toward Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab H3097 sent to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3 - then you shall go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab H3097 put the words in her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab H3097 with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab H3097 who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant-woman;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab H3097 has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.”

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Then the king said to Joab H3097, “Behold now, I have done this thing; go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab H3097 fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab H3097 said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the word of his servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab H3097 arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab H3097, to send him to the king, but he was not willing to come to him. So he sent again a second time, but he was not willing to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - Therefore he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s H3097 portion of land is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the portion of land on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab H3097 arose, came to Absalom at his house and said to him, “Why have your servants set my portion of land on fire?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom [fn]answered Joab H3097, “Behold, I sent for you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me still to be there.”’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab H3097 came to the king and told him, and he called for Absalom. Thus he came to the king and prostrated himself on his [fn]face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab H3097. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [fn]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s H3097 mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent the people out, one-third under the hand of Joab H3097, one-third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s H3097 brother, and one-third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, “I myself will surely go out with you also.”

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