Strong's H3097 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יוֹאָב (Yôwʼâb)

Pronunciation: yo-awb'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Joab = "Jehovah is father"

Derivation: from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) [H3068] and אָב (ʼâb) [H1]; Jehovah-fathered;

Definition: Joab, the name of three Israelites

KJV Renderings: Joab.

Senses

1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army
2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz
3. a post exilic family

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.