יְרֻבַּעַל
Yᵉrubbaʻal · yer-oob-bah'-al
Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7378 (רִיב) and H1168 (בַּעַל); Baal will contend;
Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jerubbaal.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְרֻבַּעַל 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jerubbaal8 · 57%
- with jerubbaal2 · 14%
- him jerubbaal1 · 7%
- then jerubbaal1 · 7%
- and jerubbaal1 · 7%
- jerubbaal1 · 7%
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.