יוֹאָב H3097
Joab — personal name meaning 'YHWH is father,' primarily David's nephew and military commander
Yoav is a theophoric name compounding a shortened form of YHWH with av ('father'), thus 'YHWH is father.' The name occurs 145 times, overwhelmingly for David's nephew — his sister Zeruiah's son — who served as commander of the Israelite army throughout David's reign (2 Sam 2:13; 1 Kgs 2:5). Joab was a brilliant but ruthless general: he killed Abner (2 Sam 3:27), led the siege of Rabbah (2 Sam 11:1), and was eventually executed on Solomon's orders (1 Kgs 2:34). Two minor figures share the name: a descendant of Judah (1 Chr 4:14) and a family in the post-exilic community (Ezra 2:6).
Senses
1. Joab (proper name) — The Hebrew proper name Yoav, a theophoric compound meaning 'YHWH is father.' Its dominant referent is David's nephew through Zeruiah, who served as commander-in-chief of Israel's forces across David's entire reign — from the civil war with Ish-bosheth (2 Sam 2:13) through Absalom's revolt (2 Sam 18:2) to his own death under Solomon (1 Kgs 2:34). Minor bearers include a Judahite in 1 Chr 4:14 and a post-exilic family name in Ezra 2:6. Spanish and German both render it 'Joab,' while the Septuagint gives Ioab. 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)
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
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).