יוֹאָב
Joab
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- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
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1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 84 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:13 וְ/יוֹאָ֨ב conj + n Proper Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
- 2 Samuel 2:14 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper n Proper Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 2:18 יוֹאָ֥ב n Proper The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
- 2 Samuel 2:24 יוֹאָ֥ב n Proper But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?"
- 2 Samuel 2:27 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed everyone his brother.
- 2 Samuel 2:28 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 וְ/יוֹאָ֗ב conj + n Proper Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 2:32 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 3:22 וְ/יוֹאָב֙ conj + n Proper Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:23 וְ/יוֹאָ֛ב לְ/יוֹאָב֙ conj + n Proper prep + n Proper When Joab and all the host who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:24 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
- 2 Samuel 3:26 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David didn't know it.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֡ב n Proper n Proper let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
- 2 Samuel 3:30 וְ/יוֹאָב֙ conj + n Proper So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 3:31 יוֹאָ֜ב n Proper David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.
- 2 Samuel 8:16 וְ/יוֹאָ֥ב conj + n Proper Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 2 Samuel 10:7 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
- 2 Samuel 10:13 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:1 יוֹאָב֩ n Proper It happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:6 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper n Proper David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. Joab sent Uriah to David.
- 2 Samuel 11:7 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper When Uriah was come to him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
- 2 Samuel 11:11 יוֹאָ֜ב n Proper Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
- 2 Samuel 11:14 יוֹאָ֑ב n Proper It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- 2 Samuel 11:16 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
- 2 Samuel 11:17 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
- 2 Samuel 11:18 יוֹאָ֑ב n Proper Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
- 2 Samuel 11:22 יוֹאָֽב n Proper So the messenger went, and came and shown David all that Joab had sent him for.
- 2 Samuel 11:25 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Joab, Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.
- 2 Samuel 12:26 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- 2 Samuel 12:27 יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
- 2 Samuel 14:1 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:3 יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper and go in to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 יוֹאָ֛ב יוֹאָב֙ n Proper n Proper The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
- 2 Samuel 14:20 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
- 2 Samuel 14:22 יוֹאָ֨ב יוֹאָ֡ב n Proper n Proper Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:23 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:29 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
- 2 Samuel 14:30 יוֹאָ֤ב n Proper Therefore he said to his servants, Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
- 2 Samuel 14:31 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
- 2 Samuel 14:32 יוֹאָ֡ב n Proper Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.
- 2 Samuel 14:33 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 יוֹאָ֖ב יוֹאָֽב n Proper n Proper Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
- 2 Samuel 18:2 יוֹאָב֙ יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper n Proper David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
- 2 Samuel 18:5 י֠וֹאָב n Proper The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. All the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:10 לְ/יוֹאָ֑ב prep + n Proper A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
- 2 Samuel 18:11 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Joab said to the man who told him, Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces of] silver, and a sash.
- 2 Samuel 18:12 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:14 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Then said Joab, I may not wait thus with you. He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- 2 Samuel 18:15 יוֹאָ֑ב n Proper Ten young men who bore Joab's armor compassed about and struck Absalom, and killed him.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 יוֹאָב֙ יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper n Proper Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
- 2 Samuel 18:20 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Joab said to him, You shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news another day; but this day you shall bear no news, because the king's son is dead.
- 2 Samuel 18:21 יוֹאָב֙ לְ/יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper prep + n Proper Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen. The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper n Proper Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
- 2 Samuel 18:29 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was.
- 2 Samuel 19:1 לְ/יוֹאָ֑ב prep + n Proper It was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:5 יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
- 2 Samuel 19:13 יוֹאָֽב n Proper Say you to Amasa, Aren't you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren't captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
- 2 Samuel 20:7 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper There went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:8 וְ/יוֹאָ֞ב conj + n Proper When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.
- 2 Samuel 20:9 יוֹאָב֙ יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper n Proper Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- 2 Samuel 20:10 יוֹאָ֗ב וְ/יוֹאָב֙ n Proper conj + n Proper But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:11 יוֹאָ֑ב בְּ/יוֹאָ֛ב יוֹאָֽב n Proper prep + n Proper n Proper There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.
- 2 Samuel 20:13 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:15 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper They came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
- 2 Samuel 20:16 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
- 2 Samuel 20:17 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear.
- 2 Samuel 20:20 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
- 2 Samuel 20:21 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 יוֹאָ֔ב וְ/יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper conj + n Proper Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Samuel 20:23 וְ/יוֹאָ֕ב conj + n Proper Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
- 2 Samuel 23:18 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 2 Samuel 23:24 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 2 Samuel 23:37 יוֹאָ֥ב n Proper Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
- 2 Samuel 24:2 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:3 יוֹאָ֜ב n Proper Joab said to the king, Now Yahweh your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
- 2 Samuel 24:4 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֜ב n Proper n Proper Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Kings 13 verses
- 1 Kings 1:7 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- 1 Kings 1:19 וּ/לְ/יֹאָ֖ב conj + prep + n Proper and he has slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.
- 1 Kings 1:41 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
- 1 Kings 2:5 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:22 וּ/לְ/יוֹאָ֖ב conj + prep + n Proper King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
- 1 Kings 2:28 יוֹאָ֔ב יוֹאָ֗ב יוֹאָב֙ n Proper n Proper n Proper The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 2:29 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper It was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
- 1 Kings 2:30 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here. Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
- 1 Kings 2:31 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
- 1 Kings 2:33 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 11:15 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
- 1 Kings 11:16 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
- 1 Kings 11:21 יוֹאָ֣ב n Proper When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
1 Chronicles 22 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:16 וְ/יוֹאָ֥ב conj + n Proper and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen.
- 1 Chronicles 11:6 יוֹאָ֥ב n Proper David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8 וְ/יוֹאָ֕ב conj + n Proper He built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
- 1 Chronicles 11:20 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
- 1 Chronicles 11:26 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 1 Chronicles 11:39 יוֹאָ֥ב n Proper Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:15 וְ/יוֹאָ֥ב conj + n Proper Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
- 1 Chronicles 19:8 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 19:10 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
- 1 Chronicles 19:14 יוֹאָ֜ב n Proper So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15 יוֹאָ֖ב n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1 יוֹאָב֩ יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper n Proper It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
- 1 Chronicles 21:2 יוֹאָב֙ n Proper David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
- 1 Chronicles 21:4 יוֹאָ֑ב יוֹאָ֗ב n Proper n Proper Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 יוֹאָ֛ב n Proper Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- 1 Chronicles 21:6 יוֹאָֽב n Proper But he didn't count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28 וְ/יוֹאָ֖ב conj + n Proper All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 27:7 יוֹאָ֔ב n Proper The fourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 27:24 יוֹאָ֨ב n Proper Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but didn't finish; and there came wrath for this on Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34 יוֹאָֽב n Proper and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
Ezra 2 verses
Nehemiah 1 verse
Psalms 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
יואב (Yôwʼâb) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “Joab.” It clusters heavily in 2 Samuel, which alone accounts for 68% of its uses. It turns up in 124 verses across 7 books, a common footprint. It first appears in 1 Samuel 26:6. For the data behind this summary, explore 124-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3097 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 124
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 124 distinct verses.
- 7 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 7 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #309
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 309 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 124 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Samuel 84 verses 68%
- 1 Chronicles 22 verses 18%
- 1 Kings 13 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 124 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 98 verses · 79%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 26 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Joab 120×, Joab's 7×, Against joab 2×
- American Standard Version: Joab 117×, Now joab 3×, Against joab 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Joab 123×, Joab’s 6×, Now joab 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Joab 140×, Now joab 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3097 across 145 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3097 across 144 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3097 across 139 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3097 across 144 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. David’s sister’s son & captain of his host (𝔊 Ἰωαβ) 1 S 26:6; 2 S 2:13 + 100 times 2 S (also 2 S 20:6 for MT אֲבִישַׁי cf. 𝔖 We Dr); 1 K 1:7 + 14 times 1 K.; 1 Ch 2:16 + 22 times 1 Ch; ψ 60:2. e.g. 1 Samuel 26:6
- 2. a descendant of Judah 1 Ch 4:14 (but 𝔊B 𝔊L Ἰωβαβ). e.g. 1 Chronicles 4:14
- 3. a familyname after the exile Ezr 2:6 = Ne 7:11 (𝔊 Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezr 8:9 (𝔊 Ἰωαβ). e.g. Ezra 2:6
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (י׳ is father; cf. אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & reff.)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יהוה (Yᵉhôvâh) (H3068) — LORD.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יוֹאָב
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Joab, general of king David. B. Bath. 116ᵃ. Snh. 48ᵇ; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 30 distinct written forms H3097 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹאָ֔ב | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:9 | 27 |
| יוֹאָב֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 4:14 | 21 |
| יוֹאָ֗ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 11:20 | 15 |
| יוֹאָ֖ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:15 | 13 |
| יוֹאָ֛ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 20:1 | 9 |
| יוֹאָ֣ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 1:7 | 7 |
| יוֹאָ֑ב | Noun, Proper | Ezra 2:6 | 6 |
| יוֹאָֽב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 21:6 | 6 |
| יוֹאָ֜ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:14 | 5 |
| יוֹאָ֥ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 11:6 | 5 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֥ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:16 | 3 |
| וְ/יוֹאָב֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 3:22 | 3 |
| יוֹאָ֡ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 3:29 | 3 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֕ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 11:8 | 2 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֛ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 3:23 | 2 |
| יוֹאָ֨ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 27:24 | 2 |
| יוֹאָב֩ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 20:1 | 2 |
| לְ/יוֹאָ֑ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 18:10 | 2 |
| בְּ/יוֹאָ֛ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 20:11 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֑ב | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 7:11 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֖ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:28 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֗ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 2:30 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֞ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 20:8 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹאָ֨ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 2:13 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/יֹאָ֖ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 1:19 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/יוֹאָ֖ב | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 2:22 | 1 |
| י֠וֹאָב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 18:5 | 1 |
| יוֹאָ֤ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 14:30 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹאָ֖ב | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 18:21 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹאָב֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 3:23 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3097, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הושמע Hôwshâmâʻ H1953 Hoshama
- יה Yâhh H3050 Jah
- יהוא Yêhûwʼ H3058 Jehu
- יהואחז Yᵉhôwʼâchâz H3059 Jehoahaz
- יהואש Yᵉhôwʼâsh H3060 Jehoash
- יהוה Yᵉhôvih H3069 LORD
- יהוה יראה Yᵉhôvâh yirʼeh H3070 Jehovah-jireh
- יהוה נסי Yᵉhôvâh niççîy H3071 Jehovah-nissi
- יהוה צדקנו Yᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw H3072 a sacred name symbolically applied to
- יהוה שלום Yᵉhôvâh shâlôwm H3073 Jehovah-shalom
- יהוה שמה Yᵉhôvâh shâmmâh H3074 Jehovahshammah
- יהוזבד Yᵉhôwzâbâd H3075 Jehozabad
- יהוחנן Yᵉhôwchânân H3076 Jehohanan
- יהוידע Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ H3077 Jehoiada
- יהויכין Yᵉhôwyâkîyn H3078 Jehoiachin
- יהויקים Yᵉhôwyâqîym H3079 Jehoiakim
- יהויריב Yᵉhôwyârîyb H3080 Jehoiarib
- יהונדב Yᵉhôwnâdâb H3082 Jehonadab
- יהונתן Yᵉhôwnâthân H3083 Jonathan
- יהועדה Yᵉhôwʻaddâh H3085 Jehoadah
- יהועדין Yᵉhôwʻaddîyn H3086 Jehoaddan
- יהוצדק Yᵉhôwtsâdâq H3087 Jehozadak
- יהורם Yᵉhôwrâm H3088 Jehoram
- יהושבע Yᵉhôwshebaʻ H3089 Jehosheba
+11 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 37 — not the complete family. 36 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Joab). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David's sister, and "captain of the host" during the whole of David's reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father's name is nowhere mentioned, although his sepulchre at Bethlehem is mentioned (2 Sam. 2:32). His two brothers were Abishai and Asahel, the swift of foot, who was killed by Abner (2 Sam. 2:13-32), whom Joab afterwards treacherously murdered (3:22-27). He afterwards led the assault at the storming of the fortress on Mount Zion, and for this service was raised to the rank of "prince of the king's army" (2 Sam. 5:6-10; 1 Chr. 27:34). His chief military achievements were, (1) against the allied forces of Syria and Ammon; (2) against Edom (1 Kings 11:15, 16); and (3) against the Ammonites (2 Sam. 10:7-19; 11:1, 11). His character is deeply stained by the part he willingly took in the murder of Uriah (11:14-25). He acted apparently from a sense of duty in putting Absalom to death (18:1-14). David was unmindful of the many services Joab had rendered to him, and afterwards gave the command of the army to Amasa, Joab's cousin (2 Sam. 20:1-13; 19:13). When David was dying Joab espoused the cause of Adonijah in preference to that of Solomon. He was afterwards slain by Benaiah, by the command of Solomon, in accordance with his father's injunction (2 Sam. 3:29; 20:5-13), at the altar to which he had fled for refuge. Thus this hoary conspirator died without one to lift up a voice in his favour. He was buried in his own property in the "wilderness," probably in the north-east of Jerusalem (1 Kings 2:5, 28-34). Benaiah succeeded him as commander-in-chief of the army.
(2.) 1 Chr. 4:14.
(3.) Ezra 2:6.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(whose father is Jehovah), the most remarkable of the three nephews of David, the children of Zeruiah, David's sister. (B.C. 1053-1012.) Joab first appears after David's accession to the throne at Hebron. Abner slew in battle Asahel, the youngest brother of Joab; and when David afterward received Abner into favor, Joab treacherously murdered him. [Abner] There was now no rival left in the way of Joab's advancement, and at the siege of Jebus he was appointed for his prowess commander-in-chief--"captain of the host." In the wide range of wars which David undertook, Joab was the acting general. He was called by the almost regal title of "lord," (2 Samuel 11:11) "the prince of the king's army." (1 Chronicles 27:34) In the entangled relations which grew up in David's domestic life he bore an important part, successfully reinstating Absalom in David's favor after the murder of Amnon. (2 Samuel 14:1-20) When the relations between father and son were reversed by the revolt of Absalom, Joab remained true to the king, taking the rebel prince's dangerous life in spite of David's injunction to spare him, and when no one else had courage to act so decisive a part. (2 Samuel 18:2,11-15) (B.C. 1023). The king transferred the command to Amasa, which so enraged Joab that he adroitly assassinated Amasa when pretending to welcome him as a friend. (2 Samuel 20:10) Friendly relations between himself and David seem to have existed afterward, (2 Samuel 24:2) but at the close of his long life, his loyalty, so long unshaken, at last wavered. "Though he had not turned after Absalom, he turned after Adonijah." (1 Kings 2:28) This probably filled up the measure of the king's long-cherished resentment. The revival of the pretensions of Adonijah after David's death was sufficient to awaken the suspicions of Solomon. Joab fled to the shelter of the altar at Gibeon, and was here slain by Benaiah. (B.C. about 1012.)
+ One of Kenaz's descendants. (1 Chronicles 4:14) + (Ezra 2:6; 8:9; Nehemiah 7:11)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
paternity; voluntary
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 123 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 124 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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