Senses
1. Jabbok, river in Transjordan — Proper name Yabboq (יַבֹּק), the river in Transjordan (modern Zarqa River) where Jacob wrestled with God (Gen 32:22) and which served as a boundary marker (Deut 2:37, 3:16; Judg 11:13); both articular and anarthrous forms refer to the same geographic feature. Multilingual evidence is uniform: Spanish Jaboc/Yaboq, Hindi यब्बोक, Arabic يَبُّوقَ, Korean 얍복, Swahili Yaboki. 7×
AR["الـ-يَبّوقِ","يَبُوقَ","يَبُّوقَ","يَبّوقَ"]·ben["যব্বোক","যব্বোকের","সেই-যব্বোক"]·DE["Jabbok","Yabbok","der-Jabbok","des-Jabbok"]·EN["Jabbok","Yabbok","the-Jabbok"]·FR["Jabbok","Yabbok","le-Jabbok"]·heb["ה-יבוק","יבוק","יבק"]·HI["यब्बोक","यब्बोक-का"]·ID["Yabok","sang-Yabok"]·IT["Iabbok","Jabbok","Yabbok","il-Jabbok"]·jav["Yabok"]·KO["야복","야복과","얍복","얍복의"]·PT["Jaboque","Yabboq","o-Yabboq"]·RU["Йаббок","Йаббока","Йавока","Яббока","Яввока"]·ES["Jaboc","Yaboq","el-Jaboc"]·SW["Yaboki","cha-Yaboki"]·TR["Yabbok","Yabbok'a","Yabbuk'un"]·urd["یبوق","یبّوق"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יַבֹּק n.pr.fl. (√ prob. בקק; so Thes after Simonis, Sam. Di) מַעֲבַר (ה)יבק Gn 32:23 (where perhaps connected with אבק = יאבק); נַ֫חַל יַבּ׳ Dt 2:37, יַבּ׳ הַנַּחַל Dt 3:16 Jos 12:2, יַבֹּק Nu 21:24 (‖ אַרְנֹן, cf. Dt 3:16 Jos 12:2), הַיַּבֹּק Nu 11:13, 22 (in both, ‖ ארנון); it empties into Jordan from East, in latitude of Shechem; called (southern) boundary of Ammon Shiloh; N. border of…