יָבֵשׁYâbêsh

Meanings

Same root

• יָבֵשׁyâbêsh · H3002dry
• גִּלְעָדGilʻâd · H1568Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

• Judges 21:8 So they asked, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we assembled in the presence of the Lord?” And they discovered that no one from Jabesh-gilead had attended the assembly.
• Judges 21:9 For after they counted all the people, no one from Jabesh-gilead was present.
• Judges 21:10 So the assembly sent 12,000 of their best warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.
• Judges 21:12 Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
• Judges 21:14 Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.
• 1 Samuel 11:1 About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the Israelite town of Jabesh-gilead. But all the citizens of Jabesh asked for peace. “Make a treaty with us, and we will be your servants,” they pleaded.