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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 15 times in 13 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - [fn]And he had conferred with Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah, they helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - “And he has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab H3097 the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 -

And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Then Joab H3097 heard the sound of the trumpet and said, “Why is the sound of the city such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 -

“Now you also know what Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also [fn]shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt [fn]about his [fn]waist, and on his sandals [fn]on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - Then King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom—for he is my older brother—even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab H3097 the son of Zeruiah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab H3097, for Joab H3097 had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab H3097 fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told to King Solomon that Joab H3097 had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall upon him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said to him, “Thus the king has said, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus spoke Joab H3097, and thus he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - And the king said to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab H3097 shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - “So shall their blood return on the head of Joab H3097 and on the head of his seed forever; but to David and his seed and his house and his throne, may there be peace from Yahweh forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 -

Now it happened that when David was in Edom, and Joab H3097 the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - (for Joab H3097 and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 -

But Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab H3097 the commander of the army had died. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Send me away, that I may go to my own country.”

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