Jabesh
dry. (1.) For Jabesh-Gilead (1 Sam. 11:3,9,10). (2.) The father of Shallum (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of Zachariah.
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- Jabesh-gilead
a town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. It is first mentioned in connection with the vengeance taken on its inhabitants because they had refused to come up to Mizpeh […]
- Jabez
affiction. (1.) A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that “God granted him that which he requested” (1 Chr. 4:9, 10). (2.) A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chr. 2:55).
- Jabin
discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21-23; comp. 14:6-15). This great battle, fought […]
- Jabir
[Arabic jah-bir] /Arabic ˈdʒɑ bɪr/ noun 1. .
- Jabiru
[jab-uh-roo, jab-uh-roo] /ˈdʒæb əˌru, ˌdʒæb əˈru/ noun 1. a large stork, Jabiru mycteria, of the warmer regions of the New World. /ˈdʒæbɪˌruː/ noun 1. a large white tropical American stork, Jabiru mycteria, with a dark naked head and a dark bill 2. Also called black-necked stork, policeman bird. a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having […]