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יָבֵשׁ H3003

H3003 is the Hebrew word יָבֵשׁ, transliterated Yâbêsh and said yaw-bashe'. The King James Version most often renders it jabesh.

Word: יָבֵשׁTransliteration: YâbêshSaid: yaw-bashe'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine.

Where it comes from

the same as H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of H1568 (גִּלְעָד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

jabesh 12×jabeshgilead 11×against jabeshgilead 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Jobesh (-Gilead).

Verses using יָבֵשׁ

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

Judges 21:8 · KJV

And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.

Judges 21:9 · KJV

For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.

Judges 21:10 · KJV

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

Judges 21:12 · KJV

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Judges 21:14 · KJV

And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

1 Samuel 11:1 · KJV

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1 Samuel 11:3 · KJV

And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

1 Samuel 11:5 · KJV

And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:9 · KJV

And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Samuel 11:10 · KJV

Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

1 Samuel 31:11 · KJV

And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

1 Samuel 31:12 · KJV

All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Samuel 31:13 · KJV

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

2 Samuel 2:4 · KJV

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:5 · KJV

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Samuel 21:12 · KJV

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Kings 15:10 · KJV

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 15:13 · KJV

Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.

2 Kings 15:14 · KJV

For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 10:11 · KJV

And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Chronicles 10:12 · KJV

They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3003 mean?

H3003 is the Hebrew word יָבֵשׁ (Yâbêsh), meaning Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine.

How is H3003 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it jabesh (12 times), jabeshgilead (11 times), against jabeshgilead (1 time).

How many times does H3003 appear in the Bible?

יָבֵשׁ (Yâbêsh) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3003 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: the same as H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of H1568 (גִּלְעָד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad).

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