Hebrew word · H7629

שֹׁבִי

veshovi

Shobi

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.17.27;

son of: Nahash (H5176J)

§ Shobi = "glorious"

son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon; supported David during Absalom's rebellion

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 17:27 וְשֹׁבִ֨י and Shobi

    When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

    Here: The first of three supporters. Named only here; the meaning of the name is uncertain. The 'and' begins a long list of subjects whose verb does not arrive until the end of v. 29 ('brought near').

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