Lexical Definition

‎יְעוּשׁ‎ Yᵉʻûwsh (yeh-oosh') Jeush ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עוּשׁ‎; hasty

Jehush, Jeush. Compare ‎יְעִישׁ‎.

• § Jehush or Jeush = "He hurries to aid"
• Jeush, the name of an Edomite and of four Israelites

1) son of Eshek, a remote descendant of king Saul
2) a Gershonite Levite of the house of Shimei
3) son of king Rehoboam of Judah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְעוּשׁ‎ (also Kt ‎יעישׁ‎) proper name, masculine (probably he comes to help, Nö^{ZMG xl (1886), 168}; = Arabic proper name, of divinity. , We^{Skizzen iii, 171}; Heid. 2, 146 RS^{K 218 (compare Sem i. 43)} Nö^l.c., yet against this ᵐ5 Ιεους (i.e. ; not Ιαγους, ), and ‎יְ‎ (not ‎יָ‎), Lag^{M ii. 77; BN 133} Buhl^{Edom. 48 f.}); —

1. son of Esau Gen 36:5; Gen 36:14 (both Kt ‎יעישׁ‎), vGen 36:18; 1Chr 1:35.

2. Benjamites:
a. 1Chr 7:10 (Kt ‎יעישׁ‎).
b. 1Chr 8:39.

3. a Levite 1Chr 23:10; 1Chr 23:11.

4. son of Rehoboam 2Chr 11:19. — ‎יוֺעָשׁ‎ see above.

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