Jabneh — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַבְנֶה

יַבְנֶה

Yabneh · pronounced yab-neh' · Strong's H2996 · a place

Jabneh means a building.

Built from

בָּנָה bânâh (from, H1129) — to build (literally and figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1129; a building; Jabneh, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

2Chr 26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jabneh

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Chronicles

2Chr 26:6

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