Lexicon :: Strong's H2999 - yabōq
יַבֹּק
Transliteration
yabōq
Pronunciation
yab-boke'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from בָּקַק (H1238)
KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2999 in the following manner: Jabbok (7x).
Jabbok = "emptying"
a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יַבֹּק Yabbôq, yab-boke'; probably from H1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan:—Jabbok.
STRONGS H2999:
Abbreviations
† יַבֹּק proper name, of a river (√ probably בקק; so Thes after Simonis, Samaritan Di) מַעֲבַר (ה)יבק Genesis 32:23 (where perhaps connected with אבק = יאבק); נַ֫חַל יַבּ׳ Deuteronomy 2:37, הַנַּחַל יַבּ׳ Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2, יַבֹּק Numbers 21:24 (|| אַרְנֹּן, compare Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2), הַיַּבֹּק Judges 11:13, 22 (in both || ארנון); it empties into Jordan from East, in latitude of Shiloh; northern border of Amorites, Numbers 21:24 (see Di), Judges 11:22; in its upper course it runs south to north, hence (west) border of Ammon, Deuteronomy 3:16 (compare Deuteronomy 2:37), Joshua 12:2; modern Wady Zerqa BdPal.181.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
32:23
Numbers
21:24; 21:24
Deuteronomy
2:37; 2:37; 3:16; 3:16; 3:16
Joshua
12:2; 12:2; 12:2
Judges
11:13; 11:22; 11:22
