King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3378
Transliteration: Yerubbaal
Phonetic Spelling: (yer-oob-bah'-al)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "let Baal contend", a name of Gideon
Meaning: Jerubbaal -- "let Baal contend", a name of Gideon
Word Summary
Yerubbaal: "let Baal contend", a name of Gideon
Original Word: יְרֻבַּעַלTransliteration: Yerubbaal
Phonetic Spelling: (yer-oob-bah'-al)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "let Baal contend", a name of Gideon
Meaning: Jerubbaal -- "let Baal contend", a name of Gideon
Strong's Concordance
Jerubbaal From riyb and Ba'al; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbol. Name of Gideon -- Jerubbaal.
see HEBREW riyb
see HEBREW Ba'al
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3378. Yerubbaal
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל14 proper name, masculine name given to Gideon (according to Judges 6:32, where explanation as let Baal contend (compare Dr284, 4 Köii. 1, 467); Imperfect ירוב not elsewhere [yet תרוב Proverbs 3:30 Kt, and Infinitive construct רוב Judges 21:28 Kt], hence WeSm 31 explanation as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירח, compare יְרִיאֵל יְרוּאֵל, (p.436b), so GFMJu BuJu NowJu); — Judges 6:32; 7:1; 8:29, 35; 9:1 8t. 9 (בָּ֑עַל- 9:24, 57), 1 Samuel 12:11; = יְרֻכֶּ֫שֶׁת 2 Samuel 11:21 (see בּשֶׁת
2, below בושׁ); Ιεροβααλ ( usually; so ᵐ5L 1 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 11:21, where ᵐ5B Ιεροβοαμ). — יָרבְעָם, see רבב. p. 914.