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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 3 / 3 (1Ch 11:6–Psa 60:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:6 - Now David said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:8 - And he built the city around it, from the Millo[fn] to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three.[fn] He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:26 - Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:39 - Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite[fn] (the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:8 - Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s best and put them in battle array against the Syrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:14 - So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. So Joab went to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - It happened in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - And Joab answered, “May the LORD make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord require this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4 - Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - And all that Samuel the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, every dedicated thing, was under the hand of Shelomith and his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:7 - The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah began a census, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this census; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then Abiathar. And the general of the king’s army was Joab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:6 - the people of Pahath-Moab, of the people of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - the sons of Pahath-Moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.”[fn] A Michtam of David. For teaching. When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!

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