Senses
1. Joab (proper name) — The Hebrew proper name Joab (יוֹאָב), meaning 'YHWH is father,' a theophoric name compounding the divine name (יו, shortened from יהוה) with אָב ('father'). The primary bearer is David's nephew (son of Zeruiah, David's sister) who served as commander-in-chief of David's army throughout his reign. Joab appears prominently in the narratives of 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and the parallel account in 1 Chronicles, playing key roles in the capture of Jerusalem (2 Sam 5:8; 1 Chr 11:6), the wars against Ammon and Aram (2 Sam 10-12), the Absalom rebellion (2 Sam 14, 18-19), and court intrigues (1 Kgs 1-2). An ancestor of returned exiles also bears this name (Ezra 2:6; 8:9; Neh 7:11). All inflectional variants (with prepositions ל, conjunctions ו, or standalone) are purely grammatical and refer to the same proper noun. 145×
AR["يوآبَ","يوآبُ","يُوآبَ","يُوآبُ"]·ben["যোয়াব","যোয়াবকে","যোয়াবের"]·DE["Joab","Yoab"]·EN["Joab","Yoab"]·FR["Joab"]·heb["יואב"]·HI["योआब","योआब-के","योआब-ने"]·ID["Yoab"]·IT["Ioab","Yoab"]·jav["Yoab"]·KO["요아브","요아브가","요아브와","요압","요압을","요압의","요압이"]·PT["Yo'av"]·RU["Иоава","Йоав","Йоава","Йоаву"]·ES["Joab","Yoav"]·SW["Yoabu"]·TR["Yoav","Yoav'in","Yoav'ı"]·urd["یوآب","یوآب-نے","یوآب-کے"]
1 Sam 26:6, 2 Sam 2:14, 2 Sam 2:14, 2 Sam 2:18, 2 Sam 2:22, 2 Sam 2:24, 2 Sam 2:26, 2 Sam 2:27, 2 Sam 2:28, 2 Sam 2:32, 2 Sam 3:24, 2 Sam 3:26 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יוֹאָב n.pr.m. (י׳ is father; cf. אֲבִיָּהוּ, אֱלִיאָב, אֲבִיאֵל & reff.)— 1. David’s sister’s son & captain of his host (𝔊 Ἰωαβ) 1 S 26:6; 2 S 2:13 + 100 times 2 S (also 2 S 20:6 for MT אֲבִישַׁי cf. 𝔖 We Dr); 1 K 1:7 + 14 times 1 K.; 1 Ch 2:16 + 22 times 1 Ch; ψ 60:2. †2. a descendant of Judah 1 Ch 4:14 (but 𝔊B 𝔊L Ἰωβαβ). †3. a familyname after the exile Ezr 2:6 = Ne 7:11 (𝔊 Ἰωβαβ, Ἰωαβ) Ezr 8:9 (𝔊 Ἰωαβ).