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Ishbi-benob — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹב

יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹב

Yishbôw bᵉ-Nôb · pronounced yish-bo'beh-nobe · Strong's H3430 · a man

Ishbi-benob means his dwelling (is) in Nob.

Built from

יָשַׁב yâshab (from, H3427) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet) open in the lexicon ›

נֹב Nôb (and, H5011) — fruit open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H3427 and H5011, with a pronominal suffix and a preposition interposed; his dwelling (is) in Nob; Jishbo-be-Nob, a Philistine.

First appearance

2Sam 21:16 And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. (KJV)

Every verse that names Ishbi-benob

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Samuel

2Sam 21:16

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