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Yosheb bash-Shebeth — the meaning of the Hebrew name יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת

יֹשֵׁב בַּשֶּׁבֶת

Yôshêb bash-Shebeth · pronounced yo-shabe' bash-sheh'-beth · Strong's H3429 · a man

Yosheb bash-Shebeth means sitting in the seat.

Built from

יָשַׁב yâshab (active participle of, H3427) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet) open in the lexicon ›

שֶׁבֶת shebeth (and, H7674) — rest, interruption, cessation open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the active participle of H3427 and H7674, with a preposition and the article interposed; sitting in the seat; Joshebbash-Shebeth, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Sam 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. (KJV)

Every verse that names Yosheb bash-Shebeth

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Samuel

2Sam 23:8

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