Strong H2985H2985Hיָבִין
Jabin
One of the 2 senses of Strong H2985
- Transliteration
- yâbîyn
- Pronunciation
- yaw-bene'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2
Meaning of the name
Jabin = "whom God observes"
General definition
From H995; intelligent;
{Jabin} the name of two Canaanitish kings: - Jabin.
{Jabin} the name of two Canaanitish kings: - Jabin.
In the biblical story
Jabin
Canaanite king who oppressed Israel; defeated by Deborah and Barak.
Jabin, a Canaanite king of Hazor, oppressed Israel for twenty years until he was defeated by Deborah and Barak (Jdg.4.2,23-24; Psa.83.9).
In the Bible
Strong H2985H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jabin5
- s1
First verses
- Judges 4:2And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- Judges 4:7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
- Judges 4:17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- Judges 4:24And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
- Psalms 83:9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: