Meshobab — the meaning of the Hebrew name מְשׁוֹבָב

מְשׁוֹבָב

Mᵉshôwbâb · pronounced mesh-o-bawb' · Strong's H4877 · a man

Meshobab means returned.

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 ›

Strong's definition

from H7725; returned; Meshobab, an Israelite.

First appearance

1Chr 4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, (KJV)

Every verse that names Meshobab

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 4:34

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