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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 Box 1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai replied, "I will go down with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group stationed themselves on one side of the pool, and the other group on the other side of the pool.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Abner said to Joab, "Let the soldiers get up and fight before us." Joab said, "So be it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - The three sons of Zeruiah were there - Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - So Abner spoke again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - Joab replied, "As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - Then Joab blew the ram's horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David's soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - Now David's soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away and he had left in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: "Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:24 - So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he's gone on his way!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah. (But David was not aware of it.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab's house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:7 - When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:6 - So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah replied to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord's soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:14 - In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David's soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:18 - Then Joab sent a full battle report to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, 'Don't let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.' Encourage him with these words."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:26 - So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:27 - Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, "Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don't anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:3 - Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion." Then Joab told her what to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - The king said, "Did Joab put you up to all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant's mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab got up and came to Absalom's house. He said to him, "Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent a message to you saying, 'Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there."' Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)

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