International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Jackal

jak'-ol:(1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic tinan, "wolf"; and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the English Revised Ve...

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Jackal's Well

(`en ha-tannin; Septuagint has pege ton sukon, "fountain of the figs"; the King James Version dragon well): A well or spring in the valley of Hinnom between the "Gate of the Gai...

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Jacob (1)

ja'-kub:I. NAME1. Form and Distribution2. Etymology and AssociationsII. HIS PLACE IN THE PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION1. As the Son of Isaac and Rebekah2. As the Brother of Esau3. As t...

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Jacob (2)

(ya`aqobh; Iakob):(1) The patriarch (see preceding article).(2) The father of Joseph the husband of Mary (Mt 1:15,16).(3) Patronymic denoting the Israelites (Isa 10:21;14:1;Jer ...

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Jacob, Testament Of

SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.

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Jacob's Well

(pege tou Iakob):1. Position of Well:InJoh 4:3ff we read that our Lord "left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs pass through Samaria. So he cometh to a ci...

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Jacubus

ja-ku'-bus (Iakoubos; Codex Vaticanus reads Iarsouboos): In 1 Esdras 9:48 = "Akkub" inNe 8:7, a Levite who helped in the exposition of the law.

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Jada

ja'-da (yadha`, "the knowing one"): Son of Onam and grandson of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah (1Ch 2:26,28,32).

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Jadau

ja'-do, ja-da'-u (yiddo, Kethibh; yadday, Qere the King James Version; but the Revised Version (British and American) IDDO): InEzr 10:43, one of those who had married foreign wi...

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Jaddai

jad'-i, jad'-a-i.SeeIDDO;JADAU.

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Jaddua

jad'-u-a, ja-du'-a (yaddua`, "known"):(1) One of the "chiefs of the people" who with Nehemiah sealed the covenant, thus signifying their voluntary acceptance of the law and thei...

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Jaddus

jad'-us (Codex Vaticanus, Iaddous; Codex Alexandrinus, Ioddous): the King James Version has "Addus" = Barzillai (Ezr 2:61;Ne 7:63). Jaddus was removed from the office of the pri...

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Jadon

ja'-don (yadhon, perhaps "he will judge" or "plead"): One who helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem in company with the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah (Ne 3:7). He is called the ...

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Jael

ja'-el (ya`el, "a wild or mountain goat," as inPs 104:18; Iael): The wife of Heber the Kenite and the slayer of Sisera (Jud 4:17-22;5:2-31). Jael emerges from obscurity by this ...

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Jagur

ja'-gur (yaghur): An unidentified town on the Edomite frontier of Judah in the South (Jos 15:21).

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Jah

ja.See GOD, NAMES OF.

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Jahath

ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"):(1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the famili...

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Jahaz

ja'-haz (yahats,Isa 16:4;Jer 48:34, yahatsah, or yahtsah,Nu 21:23;De 2:32;Jos 13:18;21:36, the King James Version "Jahazah";Jud 11:20;Jer 48:21;1Ch 6:78, "Jahzah"): This is the ...

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Jahaziah

ja-ha-zi'-a: the King James Version forJAHZEIAH(which see).

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Jahaziel

ja-ha'-zi-el (yachazi'el, "God sees"):(1) In1Ch 12:4(Hebrew 5), one of David's recruits at Ziklag, a Benjamite or maybe a Judean.(2) In1Ch 16:6, one of two priests appointed by ...

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Jahdai

ja'-da-i, ja'-di (yahday, "Yah leads" (?); Baer reads yehday): In1Ch 2:47, where six sons of Jahdai are mentioned. "The name has been taken as that of another wife or concubine ...

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Jahdiel

ja'-di-el (yachdi'el, "God gives joy"): In1Ch 5:24, head of a Manassite family.

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Jahdo

ja'-do (yachdo, meaning uncertain; Kittel suggests yachday = Jahdai): In1Ch 5:14, a Gileadite.

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Jahleel

ja'-le-el (yachle'el, "wait for God!"): InGe 46:14;Nu 26:26, a "son" (i.e. clan) of Zebulun.

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Jahleelites, The

ja'-le-el-its (hayachle'eli, coll. with article): InNu 26:26, the descendants of the clan of Jahleel.

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Jahmai

ja'-ma-i, ja'-mi (yachmay, perhaps = yachmeyah, "may Yahweh protect!"): In1Ch 7:2, head of a clan of Issachar.

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Jahweh

ya'-we.See GOD, NAMES OF.