H3097 יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb — Joab, the name of three Israelites
KJV: Joab.
Built from יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh (Jehovah, Jewish national name of God) + אָב ʼâb (father) — means “Jehovah-fathered”
Occurs 145 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יוֹאָב n.pr.m. (י׳ is father)
- 1 David’s sister’s son & captain of host
- 2 a descendant of Judah
- 3 a family-name after exile
Where it occurs
- 1 Samuel 26:6 — Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who…
- 2 Samuel 2:13 — Joab the son of Zeruiah and David’s servants went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one…
- 2 Samuel 2:14 — Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
- 2 Samuel 2:18 — The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
- 2 Samuel 2:22 — Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I look…
- 2 Samuel 2:24 — But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. The sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by…
- 2 Samuel 2:26 — Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the…
- 2 Samuel 2:27 — Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not…
- 2 Samuel 2:28 — So Joab blew the shofar; and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, and they fought no more.
- 2 Samuel 2:30 — Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and…