Hebrew

Shobach

שׁוֹבַךְStrong’s H7731

shovakh (sho-vakh)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shovakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “shobach”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.”

2 Samuel 10:16 KJV

Meaning

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.16; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at 1Ch.19.16,18

How it's translated

and shobach 1
shobach 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Samuel 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture

2 Samuel 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

Hebrew dictionary

שׁוֹבַךְ shovakh · Shobach

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.16; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at 1Ch.19.16,18; Also named: sho.phakh (שׁוֹפָךְ "Shophach" H7780) § Shobach = "expansion" general of king Hadarezer of the Syrians of Zoba in the time of David

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.