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Jabin in Naves Topical Bible

-Names of two kings of Hazor Jos 11:1-14; Jud 4:2,7,17,23,24; Ps 83:9...

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Jachan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

wearing out; oppressing...

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Jacob in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(supplanter), the second son of Isaac and Rebekah. He was born with Esau, probably at the well of Lahai-roi, about B.C. 1837. His history is related in the latter half of the book of Genesis. He bought the birthright from his brother Esau, and afterward acquired the blessing intended for Esau, by practicing a well-known deceit on Isaac. (Jacob...

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Jabal in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Lamech -A shepherd Ge 4:20...

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Jabesh in Hitchcock's Bible Names

dryness; confusion; shame...

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Jabin in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom God observes). 1. King of Hazor, who organized a confederacy of the northern princes against the Israelites. Jos 11:1-3 Joshua surprised the allied forces by the waters of Merom, ver. 7, and utterly routed them. (B.C. 1448.) During the ensuing wars Joshua again attacked Jabin, and burnt his city. Jos 11:1-14 2. A king of Hazor, whose ge...

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Jachin in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-kin (yakhin, "he will establish"): (1) The 4th son of Simeon (Gen 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:12). In 1 Ch 4:24 his name is given as "Jarib" (compare the King James Version margin, the Revised Version margin). "Jachinites," the patronymic of the family, occurs in Nu 26:12. (2) Head of the 21st course of priests in the time of David (1 Ch 24:17). ...

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Jabal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(stream), the son of Lamech and Adah, Ge 4:20 and brother of Jubal. He is described as the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle....

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Jacob in Easton's Bible Dictionary

one who follows on another's heels; supplanter, (Gen. 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second born of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was fifty-nine and Abraham one hundred and fifty- nine years old. Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed ...

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Jabez in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)): (1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1 Ch 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the passage see EB, under the word (2) Person: The head of a family of Judah, noted for his "honorable" character, though "his mother bare him with sorrow" (1 Ch 4:9,10), ...

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