Strong's H3003 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יָבֵשׁ (Yâbêsh)

Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'

Morphology: n-pr-loc n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr loc, n pr m

Name Meaning: Jabesh = "dry"

Derivation: the same as יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ (Yâbêysh); often with the addition of גִּלְעָד (Gilʻâd) H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad)

Definition: Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Jobesh (-Gilead)

Senses

1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

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