Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H3377 |
|---|---|
| Word: | יָרֵב |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H7378 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Yareb |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yaw-rabe' |
| Meaning: | 1. he will contend 2. Jareb, a symbolical name for Assyria |
| KJV Renderings: | Jareb. |
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יָרֵב noun masculine epithet of Assyrian king (properly, si vera lectio, verb = let him contend, or (one who) contends); — only ׳ מֶלֶךְ י Hos 5:18; Hos 10:6, i.e. Tiglath-Pileser III; WMMZAW xvii (1897), 335 proposes מַלְכִּי רַב (י- old noun ending) = Assyrian šarru rabbu; CheExpos., Nov. 1807, 864 מלך רב; CheEncy. Bib. JAREB conjecture מלך ערבי, Arabian king; compare, further, Comm., SchrCOT, on the passage JA SelbieHastings DB, JAREB and references
