Strongs Number: H3103
- Hebrew Word
- יוֹבָב
- Transliteration
- Yôwbâb
- Phonetic
- yo-bawb'
- Part of Speech
- Neuter
- Strongs Definition
-
howler; {Jobab} the name of two Israelites and of three foreigners
- BDB Definition
-
Jobab = "a desert"
1. the last in order of the sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem
2. one of the kings of Edom
3. the king of Madon, located in northern Canaan, and one of the kings who opposed Joshua during the conquest and who were routed at Meron
4. head of a Benjamite house
5. another Benjamite
- Origin
- From H2980
- Bible Usage
- Jobab.