יוֹאָב (yo.av) means “Joab” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: yo-awb' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
יוֹאָב · yo.av · Joab
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.26.6; his mother was Zeruiah (H6870); brother of: Abishai (H0052) and Asahel (H6214) § Joab = "Jehovah is father" 1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army 2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz 3) a post exilic family
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יוֹאָב · yo.av · Joab
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.14; son of: Seraiah (H8304J) § Joab = "Jehovah is father" 1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army 2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz 3) a post exilic family
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יוֹאָב · yo.av · Joab
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.6; son of: Pahath-moab (H6355); brother of: Jeshua (H3442I) § Joab = "Jehovah is father" 1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army 2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz 3) a post exilic family
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יוֹאָב · yo.av · Joab
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.9 § Joab = "Jehovah is father" 1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army 2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz 3) a post exilic family
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from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1 (אָב); Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites
KJV glosses: Joab.
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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.
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| joab | 63 |
| of joab | 14 |
| so joab | 14 |
| and joab | 12 |
| then joab | 6 |
| but joab | 5 |
| when joab | 5 |
| joabs | 3 |
| now joab | 3 |
| he | 2 |
| to joab | 2 |
| and for joab | 1 |
| as soon as joab | 1 |
| him | 1 |
| how joab | 1 |
| in joabs | 1 |
| meanwhile joab | 1 |
| of joabs | 1 |
| so joabs | 1 |
| under joab | 1 |
| under joabs | 1 |
| was joabs | 1 |
| while joab | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| and joab | 36 |
| joab | 24 |
| of joab | 13 |
| to joab | 13 |
| so joab | 8 |
| joabs | 4 |
| then joab | 4 |
| unto joab | 4 |
| for joab | 3 |
| when joab | 3 |
| with joab | 3 |
| against joab | 2 |
| and when joab | 2 |
| now joab | 2 |
| all that joab | 1 |
| also what joab | 1 |
| and for joab | 1 |
| and it came to pass when joab | 1 |
| and that joab | 1 |
| did joab | 1 |
| him joabs | 1 |
| himself unto joab | 1 |
| how joab | 1 |
| i pray you unto joab | 1 |
| in joabs | 1 |
| instead of joab | 1 |
| now when joab | 1 |
| of joabs | 1 |
| out to joab | 1 |
| that joab | 1 |
| them and joabs | 1 |
| there joab | 1 |
| thou joab | 1 |
| unto him so joab | 1 |
| us and joab | 1 |
| wherefore joab | 1 |
| which joab | 1 |
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And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
Read word by wordSo Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.
Read word by wordThen Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
Read word by wordThe three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
Read word by wordOnce again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
Read word by wordBut Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
Read word by wordThen Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Read word by word“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
Read word by wordSo Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
Read word by wordWhen Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
Read word by wordAnd they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
Read word by wordJust then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
Read word by wordWhen Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
Read word by wordSo Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
Read word by wordAs soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
Read word by wordWhen Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
Read word by wordMay it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
Read word by word(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
Read word by wordThen David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Read word by wordJoab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Read word by wordOn hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
Read word by wordWhen Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
Read word by wordSo Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
Read word by wordWhen the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordIn the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAt this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Read word by wordWhen Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
Read word by wordUriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
Read word by wordThe next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
Read word by wordSo as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
Read word by wordAnd when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Read word by wordJoab sent to David a full account of the battle
Read word by wordSo the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.
Read word by wordThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Read word by wordThen Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.
Read word by wordNow Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
Read word by wordSo Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
Read word by wordThen go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Read word by wordSo the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
Read word by wordJoab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
Read word by wordThen the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
Read word by wordJoab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
Read word by wordSo Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordThen he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Read word by wordThen Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
Read word by word“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Read word by wordSo Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
Read word by wordAbsalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
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