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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.