Word Study · Strong's H3003 · Hebrew
יָבֵשׁ
Yabesh
yaw-bashe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yâbêsh
“Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Jobesh (-Gilead).
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- יָבֵ֣ישׁ7
- יָבֵישׁ֙2
- יָבֵ֖ישׁ2
- יָבֵ֣שׁ2
- בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ1
- בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה1
- יָבֵ֗ישׁ1
- יָבֵ֔ישׁ1
- יָבֵֽישׁ׃1
- יָבֵ֑ישָׁה1
- יָבֵ֥שׁ1
- יָבֵ֤שׁ1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Jabesh19
- Jabesh towards2
- at Jabesh towards1
- from Jabesh1
- in Jabesh1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)19
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 19
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HR/Npl/Sd · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel10 of 24 · 42%
- Judges5 of 24 · 21%
- 2 Samuel3 of 24 · 13%
- 2 Kings3 of 24 · 13%
- 1 Chronicles3 of 24 · 13%
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges5 occurrences
- Judges 21:8מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁmiyaveishpreposition + proper noun (a name)So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.here: from Jabesh
- Judges 21:9יָבֵ֥שׁyaveshproper noun (a name)For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.here: Jabesh
- Judges 21:10יָבֵ֤שׁyaveshproper noun (a name)So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.here: Jabesh
- Judges 21:12יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.here: Jabesh
- Judges 21:14יָבֵ֣שׁyaveshproper noun (a name)And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.here: Jabesh
1 Samuel10 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 11:1יָבֵ֣שׁyaveshproper noun (a name)Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:1יָבֵישׁ֙yaveishproper noun (a name)Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:3יָבֵ֗ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:5יָבֵֽישׁ׃yaveishproper noun (a name)Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:9יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:9יָבֵ֖ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 11:10יָבֵ֔ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 31:11יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,here: Jabesh
- 1 Samuel 31:12יָבֵ֔שָׁהyaveshahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.here: Jabesh towards
- 1 Samuel 31:13בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁהbeyaveshahpreposition + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.here: at Jabesh towards
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:4יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”here: Jabesh
- 2 Samuel 2:5יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.here: Jabesh
- 2 Samuel 21:12יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.here: Jabesh
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 15:10יָבֵ֔שׁyaveshproper noun (a name)Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.here: Jabesh
- 2 Kings 15:13יָבֵישׁ֙yaveishproper noun (a name)In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.here: Jabesh
- 2 Kings 15:14יָבֵ֖ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.here: Jabesh
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 10:11יָבֵ֣ישׁyaveishproper noun (a name)When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,here: Jabesh
- 1 Chronicles 10:12יָבֵ֑ישָׁהyaveishahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.here: Jabesh towards
- 1 Chronicles 10:12בְּיָבֵ֔שׁbeyaveshpreposition + proper noun (a name)all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.here: in Jabesh
Same headword in Strong's