ΙΕΡΟΒΑΑΛʼ, ιεροβααλʼ
IEROBAALʼ, ierobaalʼ
Sounds Like: yeh-roh-BAH-ahl
Translations: Jerubbaal, Jerubaal
From the root: ΙΕΡΟΒΑΑΛ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, the name given to Gideon by his father Joash after Gideon destroyed the altar of Baal. It means 'let Baal contend' or 'Baal strives'. The final apostrophe indicates a keraia, marking it as a number, or a coronis, indicating an elision, but in this context, it is a proper noun.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2401 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΕΡΟΒΑΑΛ.
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- ΙΕΡΟΒΑΑΛ — Jerubbaal
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