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Lexicon :: Strong's H3003 - yāḇēš

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יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration
yāḇēš
Pronunciation
yaw-bashe'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as יָבֵשׁ (H3002) (also Yabeysh {yaw-bashe'})
Strong’s Definitions

יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

  1. Jabesh = "dry"

    proper locative noun

    1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

      proper masculine noun

    2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).
STRONGS H3003: Abbreviations
† III. יָבֵשׁ, יָבֵישׁ proper name, of a location or person.
1. proper name, of a location יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead, Greek Version of the LXX Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site unknown, Judges 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:11 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 Samuel 11:1, 9; 1 Samuel 31:11; 2 Samuel 2:4, 5 (in these three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατιδιτος); יָבֵישׁ 1 Samuel 11:1, 3, 5, 9, 10; יָבֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 10:12; יָבֵ֑ישָׁה 1 Chronicles 10:12; || יָבֵ֫שָׁה 1 Samuel 31:12, 13.
2. proper name, of a person יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:12; 21:14

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:1; 11:3; 11:5; 11:9; 11:9; 11:10; 31:11; 31:12; 31:13

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 21:12

2 Kings

15:10; 15:13; 15:14

1 Chronicles

10:11; 10:12; 10:12

H3003

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3003 matches the Hebrew יָבֵשׁ (yāḇēš),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?” And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:9 - For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - And Benjamin returned at that time. And they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead, but they were not enough for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days’ respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, “What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?” So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - And they said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have salvation.’” When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:11 - But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all 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 they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13 - And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:10 - Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down at Ibleam and put him to death and reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah[fn] king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and he struck down Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:11 - But when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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