Yâbîyn — H2985

H2985 · Hebrew — יבין

Pronunciation: yaw-bene'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings

  1. Jabin = "whom God observes"
  2. a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom
  3. another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak

Usually translated as

Jabin

Origin

from H995; intelligent

Occurrences

Yâbîyn occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (5), Psalms (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y