Jerubbaal — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְרֻבַּעַל

יְרֻבַּעַל

Yᵉrubbaʻal · pronounced yer-oob-bah'-al · Strong's H3378 · a man

Jerubbaal means Baal will contend.

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רִיב rîyb (from, H7378) — properly, to toss, i.e. grapple open in the lexicon ›

בַּעַל Baʻal (and, H1168) — Baal, a Phoenician deity open in the lexicon ›

from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon.

Judg 6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. (KJV)

13 occurrences in 13 verses — Judges, 1 Samuel

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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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