יוֹיָרִיבYôwyârîyb

proper name, masculine: pleadeth, contendeth

Pronunciation: yo-yaw-reeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3114

Meanings

1. name of a priestly family (1 Chronicles 9:10; 1 Chronicles 24:7; Nehemiah 11:10)

2. teacher in Ezra's time (Ezra 8:16)

3. a Judaite (Nehemiah 11:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 8:16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.
  • Nehemiah 11:5 Also Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, of the family of Shelah.
  • Nehemiah 11:10 From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jakin;
  • Nehemiah 12:6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
  • Nehemiah 12:19 Mattenai was leader of the family of Joiarib. Uzzi was leader of the family of Jedaiah.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).