Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 20:23
“Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יוֹאָבYôwʼâb · yo-awb'
H3097 · Hebrew
H3097 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Joab, the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1 (אָב); Jehovah-fathered;
- KJV renderings
- Joab.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יוֹאָ֕ב — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 145 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 26:62 Samuel 2:132 Samuel 2:142 Samuel 2:142 Samuel 2:18
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יוֹאָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.