יָבֵשׁ

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Jobesh (-Gilead).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr loc) a town in the territory of gilead; according to eusebius, it is beyond the jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from pella, on the mountain road to gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'wadi yabes'
• 2.(n pr m) father of shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yâbêsh; Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'