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Lexicon :: Strong's H3097 - yô'āḇ

Aa
יוֹאָב
Transliteration
yô'āḇ
Pronunciation
yo-awb'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x

The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 145x
The KJV translates Strong's H3097 in the following manner: Joab (145x).

  1. Joab = "Jehovah is father"

    1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

    2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

    3. a post exilic family

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יוֹאָב Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'; from H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites:—Joab.
STRONGS H3097: Abbreviations
יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (י׳ is father; compare אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & references) —
1. David's sister's son & captain of his host (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ) 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:13 + 100 times 2 Samuel (also 2 Samuel 20:6 for MT אֲבִישַׁי compare Syriac Version We Dr); 1 Kings 1:7 + 14 times 1 Kings; 1 Chronicles 2:16 + 22 times 1 Chronicles; Psalm 60:2.
2. a descendant of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14 (but Greek Version of the LXX B LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωβαβ).
3. a family-name after the exile Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezra 8:9 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰωαβ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6

2 Samuel

2:13; 20:6

1 Kings

1:7

1 Chronicles

2:16; 4:14

Ezra

2:6; 8:9

Nehemiah

7:11

Psalms

60:2

H3097

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3097 matches the Hebrew יוֹאָב (yô'āḇ),
which occurs 145 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (2Sa 18:2–1Ch 4:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - One of David’s men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn’t kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver[fn] and a hero’s belt!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - “Enough of this nonsense,” Joab said. Then he took three daggers and plunged them into Absalom’s heart as he dangled, still alive, in the great tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - Ten of Joab’s young armor bearers then surrounded Absalom and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn’t be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger another time, but not today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then Joab said to a man from Ethiopia,[fn] “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
“Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn’t know what was happening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - [fn]Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab went to the king’s room and said to him, “We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:7 - So Abishai and Joab,[fn] together with the king’s bodyguard[fn] and all the mighty warriors, set out from Jerusalem to go after Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - Amasa didn’t notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - One of Joab’s young men shouted to Amasa’s troops, “If you are for Joab and David, come and follow Joab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - With Amasa’s body out of the way, everyone went on with Joab to capture Sheba son of Bicri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:15 - When Joab’s forces arrived, they attacked Abel-beth-maacah. They built a siege ramp against the town’s fortifications and began battering down the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - But a wise woman in the town called out to Joab, “Listen to me, Joab. Come over here so I can talk to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - As he approached, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?”
“I am,” he replied.
So she said, “Listen carefully to your servant.”
“I’m listening,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab replied, “Believe me, I don’t want to devour or destroy your town!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - That’s not my purpose. All I want is a man named Sheba son of Bicri from the hill country of Ephraim, who has revolted against King David. If you hand over this one man to me, I will leave the town in peace.”
“All right,” the woman replied, “we will throw his head over the wall to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and called his troops back from the attack. They all returned to their homes, and Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was the commander of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty.[fn] He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:24 - Other members of the Thirty included:
Asahel, Joab’s brother;
Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:37 - Zelek from Ammon;
Naharai from Beeroth, Joab’s armor bearer;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab and the commanders[fn] of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 capable warriors in Israel who could handle a sword, and 500,000 in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king’s sons to attend the celebration. He also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab, the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace,[fn] staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom’s earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah’s rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah’s death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - Benaiah went to the sacred tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king orders you to come out!”
But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”
So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - “Do as he said,” the king replied. “Kill him there beside the altar and bury him. This will remove the guilt of Joab’s senseless murders from me and from my father’s family.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David and his commander Joab were both dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me return to my own country.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen,[fn] so called because they were craftsmen.

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