Hebrew word · H3097
יוֹאָב
yo'av
Joab
Appears 145 times in 124 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.26.6; his mother was Zeruiah (H6870);
brother of: Abishai (H0052) and Asahel (H6214)
§ 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
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
1 Samuel · 1
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2 Samuel · 101
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1 Kings · 15
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1 Chronicles · 24
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Ezra · 2
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Nehemiah · 1
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Psalms · 1
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