יַבֹּק

yab.boqJabbok
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place7 occurrences5 books7 verses
This is the name of the place Jabbok: A river east of the Jordan, associated with Jacob.

Definition

probably from H1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan
Traditional renderings: Jabbok.

Glossary entries

Jabbok

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Genesis 32:22יַבֹּֽק׃ · of the Jabbok
    During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
  2. Numbers 21:24יַבֹּק֙ · the Jabbok
    And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:37יַבֹּק֙ · of the Jabbok
    But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
  4. Deuteronomy 3:16יַבֹּ֣ק · the Jabbok
    …and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.
  5. Joshua 12:2יַבֹּ֣ק · the Jabbok
    Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,
  6. Judges 11:13הַיַּבֹּ֖ק · the Jabbok
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  7. Judges 11:22הַיַּבֹּ֔ק · the Jabbok
    …seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.