יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת

Strong’s Definition

Jerubbesheth, a symbolic name for Gideon

Etymology & Derivation

from H7378 (רִיב) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); shame (i.e. the idol) will contend;

KJV Usage

Jerubbesheth.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a variant name of jerubbaal (the other name of gideon h3378) substituting the word 'shame' for the name of the pagan god 'baal'

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉrubbesheth; Pronunciation: yer-oob-beh'-sheth