יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb · yo-awb'
Joab, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1 (אָב); Jehovah-fathered;
Joab, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Joab.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹאָב 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
145 occurrences · 145 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and joab37 · 28%
- joab21 · 16%
- to joab13 · 10%
- of joab13 · 10%
- so joab8 · 6%
- when joab4 · 3%
- then joab4 · 3%
- unto joab4 · 3%
- joab's4 · 3%
- for joab3 · 2%
- and when joab2 · 2%
- with joab2 · 2%
- now joab2 · 2%
- against joab2 · 2%
- us. and joab1 · 1%
- there, joab1 · 1%
- of him how joab1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, when joab1 · 1%
- all that joab1 · 1%
- unto him. so joab1 · 1%
- instead of joab1 · 1%
- himself unto joab1 · 1%
- him joab's1 · 1%
- them. and joab's1 · 1%
- that was in joab's1 · 1%
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.