Strong's H3003 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (Yâbêsh)

Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'

POS: yaw-bashe' Morph: n-pr-loc n-pr-m

Exegesis: the same as (also ; often with the addition of , i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);

Definition: the same as יָבֵשׁ (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of גִּלְעָד, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine; Jobesh (-Gilead).

KJV Usage: Jobesh (-Gilead).

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Jabesh = "dry"
• 2. n pr loc
• 3. 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; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
• 4. n pr m
• 5. 2) father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

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