Strong H3380יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת

Jerubbesheth

Transliteration
yerûbbesheth
Pronunciation
yer-oob-beh'-sheth
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H7378 and H1322; shame (that {is} the idol) will contend;
{Jerubbesheth} a symbolical name for Gideon: - Jerubbesheth.

Meaning of the name

Jerubbesheth = "shame will contend"

Detailed definition

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.6.11;
son of: Joash (H3101);
father of: Jether (H3500), Abimelech (H40H) and Jotham (H3147); also called Jerubbaal at Jdg.6.32; 7.1; 8.29,35; 9.1,2,5,16,19,24,28,57; 1xJerubbesheth at 2Sa.11.21;
Another name of gid.on (גִּדְעוֹן "Gideon" H1439)

In the biblical story

Gideon

Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God.

Gideon, also called Jerubbaal or Jerubbesheth, was a judge of Israel who, with God's help, defeated the Midianites and delivered Israel from oppression.

In the Bible

Strong H3380 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jerubbesheth1

First verses

  1. 2 Samuel 11:21
    Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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