King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3097
Transliteration: Yoab
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-awb')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the LORD is father", three Israelites
Meaning: Joab -- "the LORD is father", three Israelites
Word Summary
Yoab: "the LORD is father", three Israelites
Original Word: יוֹאָבTransliteration: Yoab
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-awb')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "the LORD is father", three Israelites
Meaning: Joab -- "the LORD is father", three Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Joab From Yhovah and 'ab; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites -- Joab.
see HEBREW Yhovah
see HEBREW 'ab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3097. Yoab
יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (׳י is father; compare אֲבִיאֵל אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיָּהוּ, & references) —
1 David's sister's son & captain of his host (ᵐ5 Ἰωαβ) 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:13 100t. 2Samuel (also 20:6 for אֲבִישַׁי ᵑ0 compare ᵑ6 We Dr); 1 Kings 1:7 14t. 1Kings; 1 Chronicles 2:16 22t. 1Chronicles; Psalm 60:2.
2 a descendant of Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14 (but ᵐ5 B ᵐ5L Ἰωβαβ).
3 a family-name after the exile Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (ᵐ5 Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezra 8:9 (ᵐ5 Ἰωαβ).