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Jashobeam — the meaning of the Hebrew name יָשׇׁבְעָם

יָשׇׁבְעָם

Yâshobʻâm · pronounced yaw-shob-awm' · Strong's H3434 · a man

Jashobeam means people will return.

Built from

שׁוּב shûwb (from, H7725) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) open in the lexicon ›

עַם ʻam (and, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H7725 and H5971; people will return; Jashobam, the name of two or three Israelites.

First appearance

1Chr 11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jashobeam

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 11:111Chr 12:71Chr 27:2

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