International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Jaakan

ja'-a-kan.See BEEROTH BENE-JAAKAN.

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Jaakobah

ja-a-ko'-ba, ja-ak'-o-ba (ya`aqobhah, for meaning compare JACOB, I, 1, 2):1Ch 4:36, a Simeonite prince.

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Jaala; Jaalah

ja'-a-la, ja-a'-la (ya`ala', meaning unknown,Ne 7:58) and (ya`alah, "mountain goat" (?),Ezr 2:56): The name of a family of returned exiles, "children of Solomon's servants" = "J...

04

Jaalam

ja'-a-lam: the King James Version forJALAM(which see).

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Jaanai

ja'-a-ni: the King James Version forJANAI(which see).

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Jaar

ja'-ar (ya`ar, "forest" or "wood"): Is only once taken as a proper name (Ps 132:6the Revised Version margin), "We found it in the field of Jaar." It may be a shortened form of t...

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Jaare-Oregim

ja'-a-re-or'-e-jim, -or'e-gim (ya`are'oreghim): In2Sa 21:19, given as the name of a Bethlehemite, father of Elhanan, who is said to have slain Goliath the Gittite (compare1Sa 17...

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Jaareshiah

ja-ar-e-shi'-a (ya`areshyah, meaning unknown): In1Ch 8:27, a Benjamite, "son" of Jeroham. The King James Version has "Jaresiah."

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Jaasai; Jaasau

ja'-a-si, ja'-a-so.SeeJAASU.

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Jaasiel

ja-a'-si-el (ya`asi'el, "God makes" (?)): In1Ch 11:47, a Mezobaite, one of "the mighty men of the armies," and probably = "Jaasiel" of1Ch 27:21, "the son of Abner," and a Benjam...

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Jaasu; Jassai; Jaasau

ja'-a-su (the Revised Version (British and American) and Kethibh, ya`asu, meaning uncertain); (the Revised Version margin and Qere, ya`asay), (the King James Version): InEzr 10:...

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Jaazaniah

ja-az-a-ni'-a (ya'azanyahu, in2Ki 25:23;Eze 8:11; ya'azanyah, inJer 35:3;Eze 11:1, "Yah hears"):(1) In2Ki 25:23, "son of the Maacathite," and one of the Judean "captains of the ...

13

Jaazer

ja'-a-zer (ya`azer).SeeJAZER.

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Jaaziah

ja-a-zi'-a (ya`aziyahu, "Yah strengthens"): In1Ch 24:26,27, a Levite, "son" of Merari. But the Massoretic Text is corrupt. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus reads (Ozeid), which ...

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Jaaziel

ja-a'-zi-el (ya`azi'el, "God strengthens"): In1Ch 15:18, a Levite, one of the musicians appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by David. Kittel and Cur...

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Jabal

ja'-bal (yabhal, meaning uncertain): InGe 4:20, a son of Lamech by Adah. He is called `the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, Gen3, 52, who says th...

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Jabbok

jab'-ok (yabboq, "luxuriant river"): A stream in Eastern Palestine first named in the history of Jacob, as crossed by the patriarch on his return from Paddan-aram, after leaving...

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Jabesh

ja'-besh (yabhesh): A short form of JABESH-GILEAD(which see).

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Jabesh-Gilead

ja'-besh-gil'-e-ad (yabhesh gil`adh; or simply yabhish, "dry"): A city East of the Jordan, in the deliverance of which from Nahash the Ammonite Saul's military prowess was first...

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Jabez

ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)):(1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1Ch 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the ...

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Jabin

ja'-bin (yabhin, "one who is intelligent," "discerning." The word may have been a hereditary royal title among the northern Canaanites. Compare the familiar usage of par`oh mele...

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Jabneel; Jabneh

jab'-ne-el, jab'-ne (yabhne'el, "God is builder"; Septuagint Lebna, Swete reads Lemna; the Apocrypha has Iamnia, Iamneia):(1) A town on the northern border of the land assigned ...

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Jacan

ja'-kan (ya`kan, meaning not known; the King James Version, Jachan): A chief of a family descended from Gad (1Ch 5:13).

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Jachin

ja'-kin (yakhin, "he will establish"):(1) The 4th son of Simeon (Ge 46:10;Ex 6:15;Nu 26:12). In1Ch 4:24his name is given as "Jarib" (compare the King James Version margin, the R...

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Jachin And Boaz

ja'-kin (yakhin, "he shall establish"; bo`az, "in it is strength,"1Ki 7:15-22;2Ki 25:16,17;2Ch 3:15-17;Jer 52:17): These were the names of the two bronze pillars that stood befo...

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Jacimus

ja'-si-mus (Ant., XII, ix, 3).SeeALCIMUS.

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Jacinth

ja'-sinth.See HYACINTH; STONES, PRECIOUS.