Jabbok — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַבֹּק

יַבֹּק

Yabbôq · pronounced yab-boke' · Strong's H2999 · a place

Jabbok means pouring forth.

Built from

בָּקַק bâqaq (probably from, H1238) — to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate open in the lexicon ›

probably from H1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan.

Gen 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. (KJV)

7 occurrences in 7 verses — Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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