Yᵉrubbesheth — H3380

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jerubbesheth, a symbolic name for Gideon

1. Jerubbesheth = "shame will contend"
2. a variant name of Jerubbaal (the other name of Gideon [ H03378]) substituting the word 'shame' for the name of the pagan god 'Baal'

Usually translated as

Jerubbesheth

Origin

from H7378 and H1322; shame (i.e. the idol) will contend

• Derived from Rîyb (H7378)
• Derived from Bôsheth (H1322)

Occurrences

Yᵉrubbesheth occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1)

• 2 Samuel 11:21 — Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth (יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת)? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.