Definition

Joab, the name of three Israelites

Etymology

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1 (אָב); Jehovah-fathered;

Word family

• יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
• אָב ʼâb

How the KJV renders it

• Joab

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.