יְרֻבַּ֫עַל

ye.rub.ba.alJerubbaal
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man14 occurrences2 books13 verses
This is the name of Gideon: Judge of Israel; defeated Midianites; tested and reassured by God.

Definition

from H7378 and H1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon
Traditional renderings: Jerubbaal.

Glossary entries

Gideon Gedeon Jerubbaal Jerubbesheth

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Judges 6:32יְרֻבַּ֣עַל · Jerubbaal
    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  2. Judges 7:1יְרֻבַּ֜עַל · Jerubbaal
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  3. Judges 8:29יְרֻבַּ֥עַל · and he — Jerubbaal
    …and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
  4. Judges 8:35יְרֻבַּ֖עַל · of Jerubbaal
    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
  5. Judges 9:1יְרֻבַּ֙עַל֙ · of Jerubbaal
    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
  6. Judges 9:2יְרֻבַּ֔עַל · of Jerubbaal
    “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
  7. Judges 9:5 (2×)יְרֻבַּ֛עַל · of Jerubbaal; יְרֻבַּ֛עַל · of Jerubbaal
    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
  8. Judges 9:16יְרֻבַּ֣עַל · Jerubbaal
    Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
  9. Judges 9:19יְרֻבַּ֥עַל · Jerubbaal
    …if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
  10. Judges 9:24יְרֻבָּ֑עַל · of Jerubbaal
    …in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
  11. Judges 9:28יְרֻבַּ֖עַל · of Jerubbaal
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  12. Judges 9:57יְרֻבָּֽעַל׃פ · of Jerubbaal
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  13. 1 Samuel 12:11יְרֻבַּ֣עַל · Jerubbaal
    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.