יָבִין
Yâbîyn · yaw-bene'
Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings
Lexicon
Derivation: from H995 (בִּין); intelligent;
Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jabin.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works of the house, what is within of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָבִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- jabin2 · 25%
- and it came to pass, when jabin1 · 13%
- of jabin1 · 13%
- of jabin's1 · 13%
- between jabin1 · 13%
- against jabin1 · 13%
- as to jabin1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.