יָבֵשׁ
Yâbêsh · yaw-bashe'
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of H1568 (גִּלְעָד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad);
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jobesh (-Gilead).
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָבֵשׁ 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jabeshgilead9 · 38%
- of jabesh8 · 33%
- from jabeshgilead1 · 4%
- against jabeshgilead1 · 4%
- to jabesh1 · 4%
- at jabesh1 · 4%
- and when all jabeshgilead1 · 4%
- them to jabesh1 · 4%
- in jabesh1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.