Jabin
יָבִיןStrong’s H2985yavin (ya-vin)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yavin is the Hebrew word usually translated “jabin” and “like jabin”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,”
Meaning
- A king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom
- Another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak
- A king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom
- Another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak
How it's translated
- jabin 7
- like jabin 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 5
- Joshua 1
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 4:2And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
- Judges 4:7And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
- Judges 4:17Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Judges 4:23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- Judges 4:24And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
- Psalms 83:9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Hebrew dictionary
יָבִין yavin · Jabin
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.11.1 § Jabin = "whom God observes" 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom 2) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak
יָבִין yavin · Jabin
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.2 § Jabin = "whom God observes" 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom 2) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.