Senses
1. Jabesh (Gilead) — Proper noun designating the city of Jabesh-Gilead (Hebrew Yavesh Gil'ad), a town in Transjordan east of the Jordan River in the territory of Gilead. Notable in the narrative of the Benjaminite war where wives were taken from Jabesh for the surviving Benjaminites (Judg 21:8-14), Saul's rescue of Jabesh from the Ammonite siege (1 Sam 11:1-11), the men of Jabesh retrieving Saul's body from Beth-shan and burying his bones (1 Sam 31:11-13; 2 Sam 2:4-5; 1 Chr 10:11-12), and David's blessing on the men of Jabesh (2 Sam 2:5). Also the patronym of Shallum son of Jabesh who assassinated Zechariah king of Israel (2 Kgs 15:10, 13, 14). All auto-split clusters represent the same toponym with varying prepositions and spelling variants. 24×
AR["مِن-يَابِيشَ","يابيشَ","يَابِيشَ"]·ben["গিলিয়দের","মি-যাবেশ","যাবেশ","যাবেশে","যাবেশের"]·DE["Jabesh","Yabesh","Yavesh","von-Jabesh"]·EN["Jabesh","Yabesh","Yavesh","from-Jabesh"]·FR["Jabesh","Jabès","Yabesh","de-Jabesh"]·heb["יָבֵישׁ","יָבֵשׁ","יבש","יבשה","מ-יבש"]·HI["यबेश","याबेश","याबेश-के","याबेश-से","यावेश-का","यावेश-के"]·ID["Yabes","Yabesh","dari-Yabesh"]·IT["Iabes","Jabesh","Yabesh","Yavesh","da-Jabesh"]·jav["Yabès","Yabés","Yabésy","saking-Yabès"]·KO["야베스","야베시","야베시-의","야베시에","야베시에서","야베시의"]·PT["Yavesh","de-Yavesh","para-Yavesh"]·RU["Иависа","Йавеша","Йавеша-","Явеш-","в-Иавис","из-Йавеша-"]·ES["Jabes","Yabesh","Yavesh","de-Jabes"]·SW["Yabeshi","kutoka-Yabeshi","wa-Yabesh","wa-Yabeshi"]·TR["Yaveş","Yaveş'e","Yaveş'in","Yaveş'ten","Yaveş-in"]·urd["یابیس","یابیس-","یابیس-سے","یابیش","یابیش-کے"]
Judg 21:8, Judg 21:9, Judg 21:10, Judg 21:12, Judg 21:14, 1 Sam 11:1, 1 Sam 11:1, 1 Sam 11:3, 1 Sam 11:5, 1 Sam 11:9, 1 Sam 11:9, 1 Sam 11:10 (+12 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. יָבֵשׁ, יָבֵישׁ n.pr.loc. et pers. 1. n.pr.loc. יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead, 𝔊 Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site uknown, Ju 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14 2 S 21:12; 1 Ch 10:11 (𝔊L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 S 11:1, 9; 31:11 2 S 2:4, 5 (in these three 𝔊L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατίδιτος); יָבֵישׁ 1 S 11:1, 3, 5, 9, 10; יָבֵשׁ 1 Ch 10:12; יָבֵ֑ישָׁה v 12; ‖ יָבֵ֫שָׁה 1 S 31:12, 13. 2. n.pr.m. יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 K 15:10, 13, 14.