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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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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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Jaala in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh. 7:58)....

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Jaanai in Naves Topical Bible

-A Gadite chief 1Ch 5:12...

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Jaasau in Naves Topical Bible

-Of the family of Bani Ezr 10:37...

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Jaaz-aniah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja-az-a-ni'-a (ya'azanyahu, in 2 Ki 25:23; Ezek 8:11; ya'azanyah, in Jer 35:3; Ezek 11:1, "Yah hears"): (1) In 2 Ki 25:23, "son of the Maacathite," and one of the Judean "captains of the forces" who joined Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor appointed by Nebuchadrezzar over Judah, at Mizpah. He is the "Jezaniah" of Jer 40:8; 42:1. Though not men...

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Jaaziah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

comforted by Jehovah, a descendant of Merari the Levite (1 Chr. 24:26,27)....

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Jaala in Hitchcock's Bible Names

ascending; a little doe or goat...

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Jaanai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom Jehovah answers), a chief man in the tribe of Gad. 1Ch 5:12...

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Jaasau in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom Jehovah made), one of the Bene-Bani who had married a foreign wife. Ezr 10:37 (B.C. 459.)...

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