Lexicon / H3003
יָבֵשׁ
ya.vesh
  • Jabesh (Gilead)
  • Jabesh
  • Jobesh (-Gilead)

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Glosses: Jabesh (Gilead); Jabesh

§ Jabesh = "dry"

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

may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.10;

father of: Shallum (H7967)

§ Jabesh = "dry"

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

may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

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

Jabesh = "dry"

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

may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

Another name of ya.vesh (יָבֵשׁ "Jabesh" H3003GI)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Jobesh (-Gilead)

יָבֵשׁ יָבֵישׁ n.pr.loc pers n.pr.loc Jabesh of Gilead . n.pr.m . father of Shallum . et.