Jibsam — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִבְשָׂם

יִבְשָׂם

Yibsâm · pronounced yib-sawm' · Strong's H3005 · a man

Jibsam means fragrant.

Built from

בֶּשֶׂם besem (the same as, H1314) — fragrance open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H1314; fragrant; Jibsam, an Israelite.

First appearance

1Chr 7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jibsam

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 7:2

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