Lexical Definition

‎יָבֵשׁ‎ Yâbêsh (yaw-bashe') Jabesh (Gilead) ^N:N--L
the same as ‎יָבֵשׁ‎ (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh (yaw-bashe'); often with the addition of ‎גִּלְעָד‎, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad)

Jobesh (-Gilead).

• § Jabesh = "dry"
• Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

n pr loc
1) 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'
n pr m
2) father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Extended Information

name of: יָבֵשׁ

• Jabesh = "dry"
• 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
• may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
• Another name of ya.vesh (‎י‎ָ‎ב‎ֵ‎ש‎ׁ "Jabesh" יָבֵשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎יָבֵשׁ‎, ‎יָבֵישׁ‎ proper name, of a location or person

1. location ‎יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד‎ Jabesh of Gilead, ᵐ5 Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site unknown, Judg 21:8; Judg 21:9; Judg 21:10; Judg 21:12; Judg 21:14; 2Sam 21:12; 1Chr 10:11 (ᵐ5^L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); ‎יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד‎ 1Sam 11:1; 1Sam 11:9; 1Sam 31:11; 2Sam 2:4; 2Sam 2:5 (in these three ᵐ5^L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατιδιτος); ‎יָבֵישׁ‎ 1Sam 11:1; 1Sam 11:3; 1Sam 11:5; 1Sam 11:9; 1Sam 11:10 ‎יָבֵשׁ‎ 1Chr 10:12 ‎יָבֵ֑ישָׁה‎ v1Chr 10:12 || ‎יָבֵ֫שָׁה‎ 1Sam 31:12; 1Sam 31:13.

2. person ‎יָבֵשׁ‎ father of Shallum 2Kgs 15:10; 2Kgs 15:13; 2Kgs 15:14.

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