Lexical Definition

‎יָרִיב‎ Yârîyb (yaw-rebe') Jarib ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎יָרִיב‎

Jarib.

• § Jarib = "he contends"
• Jarib, the name of three Israelites

1) a son of Simeon
2) one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra
3) son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: יָכִין

‎יָרִיב‎ proper name, masculine (he contendeth or taketh (our) part, conducteth (our) case; compare Sabean ‎ירב‎ Hal⁶¹⁵); —

1. son of Simeon 1Chr 2:24, Ιαρειν[μ, β], = ‎יָכִין‎ 1, see below ‎כון‎.

2. post-exilic names, Ιαρειμ[β], etc.:
a. Ezra 8:16, perhaps =
b. Ezra 10:18.

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