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Strong H3003H3003Iיָבֵשׁ

Jabesh

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

The same as H3002 . ({Also} often with the addition of {H1568 } i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);
{Jabesh} the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine: - Jabesh ([-Gilead]).

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 H3003I appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • gilead10

First verses

  1. Judges 21:8
    And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh–gilead to the assembly.
  2. Judges 21:9
    For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead there.
  3. Judges 21:10
    And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
  4. 1 Samuel 11:1
    Then 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.
  5. 1 Samuel 11:9
    And 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.
  6. 1 Samuel 31:11
    And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
  7. 2 Samuel 2:4
    And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh–gilead were they that buried Saul.
  8. 2 Samuel 2:5
    And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
  9. 2 Samuel 21:12
    And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
  10. 1 Chronicles 10:11
    And when all Jabesh–gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
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