# H3097 יוֹאָב

יוֹאָב (Yôwʼâb), Strong’s H3097: Joab, the name of three Israelites KJV: Joab.. Occurs 145 times.

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*Yôwʼâb* — Joab, the name of three Israelites

KJV: Joab.

Built from [יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3068) (Jehovah, Jewish national name of God) + [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) — means “Jehovah-fathered”

Occurs 145 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=14) — Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
- [2 Samuel 2:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=30) — Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and…