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Jabin ('he discerns'), the dynastic name of Canaanite kings of Hazor defeated by Israel.
A proper name meaning 'he understands' or 'he is intelligent,' borne by two Canaanite kings of the powerful city-state Hazor. The first Jabin organized a northern coalition against Joshua and was defeated at the waters of Merom (Josh 11:1). The second -- likely a dynastic title rather than a personal name -- oppressed Israel for twenty years until Deborah and Barak broke his power through the defeat of his general Sisera (Judg 4:2-24). Psalm 83:9 recalls this victory as a paradigm of divine deliverance.
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Senses
1. Jabin, Canaanite king — Jabin (Yavin), the royal name or dynastic title of Canaanite kings ruling from Hazor. The name derives from the root b-y-n ('to discern, understand'). Two figures bear this name: the king defeated by Joshua in the northern campaign (Josh 11:1), and the later king whose commander Sisera was routed by Barak and killed by Jael (Judg 4:2, 7, 17, 23, 24). The recurrence of the name suggests a dynastic throne-name for Hazor's rulers. Psalm 83:10 invokes 'as Jabin at the brook Kishon' as a prayer for God to repeat past deliverances. Translations consistently transliterate: Spanish 'Jabín/Yavín,' French 'Yavin,' German 'Yavin.' 8×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Proper Names (Personal)
AR["كَيَابِينَ", "يابينَ"]·ben["যাবীন", "যাবীনকে", "যাবীনের", "যাবীনের-মতো"]·DE["Yavin", "wie-zu-Yavin"]·EN["Yavin", "as-to-Yavin"]·FR["Yavin", "comme-Jabin"]·heb["יבין", "כ-יבין"]·HI["याबीन", "याबीन-की-तरह", "याबीन-के", "याबीन-को"]·ID["Yabin", "seperti-kepada-Yabin"]·IT["Iabin", "[כיבין]"]·jav["Yabin", "kados-dhumateng-Yabin"]·KO["야빈", "야빈-의", "야빈-처럼", "야빈이"]·PT["Yavin", "como-a-Jabim"]·RU["Йавин", "Явина", "Явином", "как-Иавину"]·ES["Jabín", "Yavín", "como-Yavin"]·SW["Yabini", "kama-Yabini"]·TR["Yavin", "Yavin-gibi", "Yavini", "Yavinin"]·urd["جیسے-یابین", "یابین", "یابین-نے", "یابین-کے"]
Josh 11:1, Judg 4:2, Judg 4:7, Judg 4:17, Judg 4:23, Judg 4:24, Judg 4:24, Ps 83:9
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יָבִין n.pr.m. (one who is intelligent, discerning) two Canaanite kings of Hazor;— 1. Jos 11:1. 2. Ju 4:2, 7, 17, 23, 24(×2) ψ 83:10. (But cf. Be Ju 4:2 BuRS 66 ff.)