Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 3:23
“When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3097 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Joab, the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1 (אָב); Jehovah-fathered;
- KJV renderings
- Joab.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יוֹאָ֛ב — 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.