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Lexicon :: Strong's H3378 - yᵊrubaʿal

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יְרֻבַּעַל
Transliteration
yᵊrubaʿal
Pronunciation
yer-oob-bah'-al
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יְרֻבַּעַל Yᵉrubbaʻal, yer-oob-bah'-al; from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon:—Jerubbaal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3378 in the following manner: Jerubbaal (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3378 in the following manner: Jerubbaal (14x).

  1. Jerubbaal = "let Baal contend"

    1. name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of Baal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְרֻבַּעַל Yᵉrubbaʻal, yer-oob-bah'-al; from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon:—Jerubbaal.
STRONGS H3378: Abbreviations
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל 14 proper name, masculine name given to Gideon (according to Judges 6:32, where explanation as let Baal contend (compare Dr284, 4 Köii. 1, 467); Imperfect ירוב not elsewhere [yet תרוב Proverbs 3:30 Kt, and Infinitive construct רוב Judges 21:28 Kt], hence WeSm 31 explanation as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירח, compare יְרוּאֵל, יְרִיאֵל, so GFMJu BuJu NowJu); — Judges 6:32; Judges 7:1; Judges 8:29, 35; Judges 9:1 + 8 times 9 (בָּ֑עַל- Judges 9:24, 57), † 1 Samuel 12:11; = יְרֻכֶּ֫שֶׁת [H3380 2 Samuel 11:21] (see H1322 בּשֶׁת 2, below בושׁ); Ιεροβααλ (usually; so LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 1 Samuel 12:11; [H3380 2 Samuel 11:21], where Greek Version of the LXXB Ιεροβοαμ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

6:32; 6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 8:35; 9:1; 9:24; 9:57

1 Samuel

12:11; 12:11

Proverbs

3:30

H3378

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3378 matches the Hebrew יְרֻבַּעַל (yᵊrubaʿal),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day Gideon[fn] was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he broke down his altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 - Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - “Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and integrity when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his deeds deserved—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - if you then have acted in good faith and integrity with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - And the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Barak[fn] and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
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