Strong H3003H3003Gיָבֵשׁ
Jabesh (Gilead)
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3003
- Transliteration
- yâbêsh yâbêysh
- Pronunciation
- {yaw-bashe'} yaw-bashe'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Jabesh-gilead, a town in Gilead known for its loyalty to King Saul.
Meaning of the name
Jabesh = "dry"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jabesh
A town in Gilead, loyal to Saul
Jabesh-gilead, a town in Gilead known for its loyalty to King Saul.
In the Bible
Strong H3003G appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jabesh8
- gilead2
First verses
- Judges 21:12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
- Judges 21:14And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh–gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
- 1 Samuel 11:1Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
- 1 Samuel 11:3And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
- 1 Samuel 11:5And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:9And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- 1 Samuel 11:10Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
- 1 Samuel 31:12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
- 1 Samuel 31:13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 1 Chronicles 10:12They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.