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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 - From then on Gideon was called Jerub-baal, which means “Let Baal defend himself,” because he broke down Baal’s altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - So Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:29 - Then Gideon[fn] son of Joash returned home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - Nor did they show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon), despite all the good he had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - One day Gideon’s[fn] son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - Jotham continued, “Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:19 - “If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants today, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - God was punishing Abimelech for murdering Gideon’s seventy sons, and the citizens of Shechem for supporting him in this treachery of murdering his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He’s not a true son of Shechem,[fn] so why should we be his servants? He’s merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - God also punished the men of Shechem for all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Gideon was fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - Then the LORD sent Gideon,[fn] Bedan,[fn] Jephthah, and Samuel[fn] to save you, and you lived in safety.
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