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

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.39
• son of: Eleasah (אֶלְעָשָׂה)
• brother of: Ulam (אוּלָם) and Eliphelet (אֱלִיפֶלֶט)

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Saul's family • A descendant of Eleasah from the tribe of Benjamin

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Jeush, a Benjamite, was a son of Eleasah (or 'Eshek') (1Ch.8.39).

• A man from the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.39;
• only referred to as Jeush יְעוּשׁ;
• son of Eleasah אֶלְעָשָׂה;
• a brother of Ulam אוּלָם and Eliphelet אֱלִיפֶלֶט.

Jeush is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:39 as one of the sons of Eleasah (or 'Eshek'), a descendant of King Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. He is listed in the genealogy of Saul's family, which is given in the context of the Benjamite clans that settled in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.

All entries for Jeush: יְעוּשׁ

Related Profiles:

• Eleasah (father)
• Ulam (sibling)
• Eliphelet (sibling)