יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) means “Jabesh (Gilead)” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yaw-bashe' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יָבֵשׁ · ya.vesh · Jabesh (Gilead)
§ Jabesh = "dry" a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'
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יָבֵשׁ · ya.vesh · Jabesh
A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.10; father of: Shallum (H7967) § Jabesh = "dry" 1) a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes' 2) father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom
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יָבֵשׁ · ya.vesh · Jabesh
Jabesh = "dry" a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa may be modern 'Wadi Yabes' Another name of ya.vesh (יָבֵשׁ "Jabesh" H3003GI)
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the same as H3002 (יָבֵשׁ) (also יָבֵישׁ; often with the addition of H1568 (גִּלְעָד), i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
KJV glosses: Jobesh (-Gilead).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of jabesh | 7 |
| of jabesh-gilead | 7 |
| from jabesh-gilead | 2 |
| in jabesh | 2 |
| jabesh-gilead | 2 |
| at jabesh | 1 |
| from jabesh | 1 |
| in jabesh-gilead | 1 |
| to jabesh | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of jabeshgilead | 9 |
| of jabesh | 8 |
| against jabeshgilead | 1 |
| and when all jabeshgilead | 1 |
| at jabesh | 1 |
| from jabeshgilead | 1 |
| in jabesh | 1 |
| them to jabesh | 1 |
| to jabesh | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
Read word by wordFor when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
Read word by wordSo the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
Read word by wordSo they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Read word by wordAnd at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
Read word by wordThen Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
Read word by word“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
Read word by wordJust then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
Read word by wordSo they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
Read word by wordThen the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
Read word by wordWhen the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Read word by wordall their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
Read word by wordThen they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
Read word by wordThen the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
Read word by wordSo David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
Read word by wordhe went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
Read word by wordThen Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
Read word by wordIn the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
Read word by wordThen Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
Read word by wordWhen all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
Read word by wordall their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
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