JAAKAN
(he shall surround), the same as Jakan, the forefather of Bene-Jaakan. (10:6)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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JAAKOBAH
(supplanter), one of the princes of the families of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. about 710.)
JAALA
(wild she-goat). Bene-Jaala were among the descendants of "Solomon’s slaves" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:58) (B.C. before 536.) The name also occurs a...
JAALAH
(wild goat). (Ezra 2:56)
JAALAM
(whom God hides), a son of Esau, (Genesis 36:5,14,18) comp. 1Chr 1:35 And a head of a tribe of Edom. (B.C. 1790.).
JAANAI
(whom Jehovah answers), a chief man in the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:12)
JAAREOREGIM
(forests of the weavers), (2 Samuel 21:19) a Bethlehemite, and the father of Elhanan who slew Goliath. In the parallel passage, (1 Chronicles 20:5) Jair is found instead of Jaar...
JAASAU
(whom Jehovah made), one of the Bene-Bani who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:37) (B.C. 459.)
JAASIEL
(whom God comforts), son of the great Abner. (1 Chronicles 27:21) (B.C. 1046-1014.)
JAAZANIAH
(whom Jehovah hears).One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben-Kareah to pay his respects to Gedaliah at Mizpah, (2 Kings 25:23) and who appears afterwards t...
JAAZER, OR JAZER
(Jehovah helps), a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead. (Numbers 32:1,3; 1 Chronicles 26:31) We first hear of it in possession of the Amorites, and as taken by Isra...
JAAZIAH
(whom Jehovah comforts), apparently a third son, or a descendant, or Merari the Levite. (1 Chronicles 24:26,27) (B.C. before 1014).
JAAZIEL
(whom Jehovah comforts), one of the Levites appointed by David to perform the musical service before the ark. (1 Chronicles 15:18) (B.C. 1014).
JABAL
(stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, (Genesis 4:20) and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
JABBOK
(emptying), a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, comp. (Joshua 12:2,5) and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the D...
JABESH
(dry).Father of Shallum, the fifteenth king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:10,13,14)Jabesh-gilead, or Jabesh in the territory of Gilead. In its widest sense Gilead included the half tri...
JABEZ
(sorrow).Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. (1 Chronicles 2:55)The name occurs again in the genealogies...
JABIN
(whom God observes).King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. (Joshua 11:1-3) Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters o...
JABNEEL
(building of God).One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. (Joshua 15:11) There is no sign, however, of its ever having been oc...
JABNEH
(building of God), (2 Chronicles 26:6) [JABNEEL]
JACHAN
(affliction), one of seven chief men of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:13)
JACHIN
(he shall establish).One of the two pillars which were set up "in the porch," (1 Kings 7:21) or before the temple. (2 Chronicles 3:17) of Solomon. [BOAZ]Fourth son of Simeon, (G...
JACINTH
a precious stone, forming one of the foundations of the walls of the new Jerusalem. (Revelation 21:20) Called hyacinth in the Revised Version. This is simply a different English...
JACOB
(supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the bo...
JACOBS WELL
a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ’s time and Nablus at the present day). It was probably dug by Jacob whose name it bears. On the curb of the wel...
JADA
(wise), son of Onam and brother of Shammai, in the genealogy of the sons of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) (B.C. after 1445.)
JADAU
(loving), one of the Bene-Nebo who had taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:43) (B.C. 459.)