Yârîyb — H3402

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jarib, the name of three Israelites

1. Jarib = "he contends"
2. a son of Simeon
3. one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra
4. son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away

Usually translated as

Jarib

Origin

the same as H3401

• Same as Yârîyb (H3401)

Occurrences

Yârîyb occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (2)

• 1 Chronicles 4:24 — The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib (יָרִ֖יב), Zerah, and Shaul:
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib (וּלְיָרִ֜יב), and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
• Ezra 10:18 — And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib (וְיָרִ֖יב), and Gedaliah.