Strongs Number: H3003
- Hebrew Word
- יָבֵשׁ
- Transliteration
- Yâbêsh
- Phonetic
- yaw-bashe'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
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{Jabesh} the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
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Jabesh = "dry" 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
- Origin
- The same as H3002 . ({Also} often with the addition of {H1568 } i.e. Jabesh of Gilad)
- Bible Usage
- Jabesh ([-Gilead]).