Jezreel, Tower Of
One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).
Jezreel, Valley Of
Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan (Josh. 17:16; Judg. 6:33; Hos. 1:5). It was the scene of the signa…
Jezreelitess
a woman of Jezreel. (1 Samuel 27:3; 30:5; 2 Samuel 2:2; 3:2; 1 Chronicles 3:1)
Jibsam
(pleasant), one of the sons of Tola, the son of Issachar. (1 Chronicles 7:2) (B.C. 1017.)
Jidlaph
(weeping), a son of Nahor. (Genesis 22:22)
Jimna,
JIM'NA, or JIM'NAH (good fortune), the eldest son of Asher. Gen 46:17; Num 26:44. He is also called Imnah in 1 Chr 7:30. His descendants are the Jimnites. Num 26:44.
Jimnah
= Jimna = Imnah. (Genesis 46:17)
Jimnites, The
descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)
Jinah
(lamentation), a city of Judah, on the extreme south boundary of the tribe, next to Edom. (Joshua 15:22)
Jiphtah,
JIPH'TAH, one of the cities of Judah toward the sea-coast. Josh 15:43.
Jiphthael
God opening
Jiphthah-el
JIPH'THAH-EL(God opens),the name of a valley forming one of the landmarks for the boundary of Zebulun and Asher. Josh 19:14, Josh 19:27. Dr. Robinson suggests that Jiphthah-el was identical with Jota…
Jiphthahel
(which God opens), The valley of, a valley which served as one of the landmarks for the boundary of both Zebulun, (Joshua 19:14) and Asher. (Joshua 19:27) Dr. Robinson suggests that Jiphthah-el was i…
Jirjathaim
(the two cities).
Joaada
(whom Jehovah favors), high priest after his father Eliashib. (Nehemiah 13:28) (B.C. after 446.)
Joab
Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father’s name i…
Joah
Jehovah his brother; i.e., helper. (1.) One of the sons of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4), a Korhite porter. (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 6:21), probably the same as Ethan (42). (3.) The s…
Joahaz
(2 Chr. 34:8), a contracted form of Jehoahaz (q.v.).
Joakim
rising or establishing of the Lord
Joanan
In Revised Version for Joanna, 1. (Luke 3:27)
Joanna
Whom Jehovah has graciously given. (1.) The grandson of Zerubbabel, in the lineage of Christ (Luke 3:27); the same as Hananiah (1 Chr. 3:19). (2.) The wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod Antipas, tet…
Joash
Whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of …
Joatham
= Jotham the son of Uzziah. (Matthew 1:9)
Job
Persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon him. Amid a…
Job, Book Of
A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and language to those in the Psalms and Proverbs (see Ps. 88 and 89)…
Jobab
Dweller in the desert. (1.) One of the sons of Joktan, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 10:29). (2.) King of Edom, succeeded Bela (Gen. 36:33, 34). (3.) A Canaanitish king (Josh. 11:1) who joine…
Jochebed
Jehovah is her glory, the wife of Amram, and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Num. 26:59). She is spoken of as the sister of Kohath, Amram’s father (Ex. 6:20; comp. 16, 18; 2:1-10).
Joda
in Revised Version for Juda. (Luke 3:26)
Joed
(for whom Jehovah is witness), a Benjamite, the son of Pedaiah. (Nehemiah 11:7)
Joel
Jehovah is his God. (1.) The oldest of Samuel’s two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2). (See VASHNI.) (2.) A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:4, 8). (3.) One of David’s famous wa…