Word

יוֹאָב

Yôwʼâb · H3097 · Hebrew · proper noun · 145 occurrences

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This name belongs to 4 people

Meanings

Joab

A man who was the son of Zeruiah, the sister of David, and the chief of David's army

Examples
1 Samuel 26:6 Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
2 Samuel 2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, Abner’s men on the one side of the pool and Joab’s men on the other side of the pool.
2 Samuel 2:14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Now have the young men arise and hold a martial skills match in our presence.” And Joab said, “Have them arise!”
Joab

A man who was the son of Seraiah, of the tribe of Judah, and the founder of Ge-Harashim

Examples
1 Chronicles 4:14 Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
Joab

A man who was a family head after the exile

Examples
Ezra 2:6 the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812;
Ezra 8:9 of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 males with him;
Nehemiah 7:11 the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818;

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

וֹhim 1

Named alongside itApposition

22 occurrences in 6 groups

בֵּןson 13
שַׂרcommander, chief, official 4
עֶבֶדservant, slave 2
אָבfather 1
אָדוֹןlord 1
אָחbrother 1

What it doesIt is the subject

70 occurrences in 35 groups

אָמַרto say 11
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 6
בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 6
יָצָאto go out 4
שׁוּבto return, to turn back 4
Other words · 30 groups that occur once or twice (39) 39

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

שָׁלַחto send, to send away 3
יָלַדto bear 1
צָוָהto give orders 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

צָבָאhost, army 3

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בֵּןson 1
שַׂרcommander, chief, official 1
אַתָּהyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

35 occurrences in 9 groups

אֵלto, toward 33
לto/for 10
אֵתwith 5
תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 4
אַחַרafter, behind 3
Other words · 4 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

25 occurrences in 12 groups

אָחbrother 7
בֵּןson 3
יָדhand, power 3
כְּלִיvessel, utensil, weapon 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: יוֹאָב (Joab) names David's nephew and the commander of his army, prominent throughout the narratives of David's reign (2 Samuel 2:13; 1 Kings 2:5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3097. Yoab יוֺאָב proper name, masculine (׳י is father; compare אֲבִיאֵל אֱלִיאָב,…

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) 1Sa 26:6; 2Sa 2:13 100t. 2Samuel (also 2Sa 20:6 for אֲבִישַׁי ᵑ0 compare ᵑ6 We Dr); 1Ki 1:7 1Ki 1:14t. 1Kings; 1Ch 2:16 1Ch 2:22t. 1Chronicles; Psa 60:2.
2 a descendant of Judah 1Ch 4:14 (but ᵐ5 B ᵐ5L Ἰωβαβ).
3 a family-name after the exile Ezr 2:6 = Neh 7:11 (ᵐ5 Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezr 8:9 (ᵐ5 Ἰωαβ).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People145 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0