יְעוּשׁYᵉʻûwsh
proper name, masculine: he comes to help
Pronunciation: yeh-oosh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3266
Meanings
1. son of Esau (Genesis 36:5; Genesis 36:14; Genesis 36:18)
2. Benjamites
3. a Levite (1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11)
4. son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:5 Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 36:14 Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:18 The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
- 1 Chronicles 8:39 Azel’s brother Eshek had three sons: the first was Ulam, the second was Jeush, and the third was Eliphelet.
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).