Dictionaries :: Jeush

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jeush:

assembler. (1.) The oldest of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah (Gen 36:5,14,18).

(2.) A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 7:10).

(3.) A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei (1Ch 23:10,11).

(4.) One of the three sons of Rehoboam (2Ch 11:19).

(5.) 1Ch 8:39.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jeush:

Jeuz, he that is devoured

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jeush:

je'-ush (ye‘ush, probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is ye‘ish, in Ge 36:5,14; 1Ch 7:10):

(1) A "son" of Esau (Ge 36:5,14,18; 1Ch 1:35). "The name is thought by some to be identical with that, of an Arabian lion-god Yagut...., meaning ‘helper,' whose antiquity is vouched for by inscriptions of Thamud" (Skinner, Gen, 432).

(2) A Benjamite (1Ch 7:10), but probably a Zebulunite. See Curtis, Chronicles, 145 ff.

(3) A descendant of King Saul, the King James Version "Jehush" (1Ch 8:39).

(4) A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 23:10,11).

(5) A son of King Rehoboam (2Ch 11:19).

Written by David Francis Roberts

Nave's Topical Bible

Jeush: 1. Son of Esau

Gen 36:5, 14, 18; 1Ch 1:35

Jeush: 2. A Benjamite

1Ch 7:10

Jeush: 3. A Gershonite Levite

1Ch 23:10, 11

Jeush: 4. Son of Rehoboam

2Ch 11:19

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeush:

(assembler).

(1.) Son of Esau by Aholiabamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zebeon the Hivite (Genesis 36:6; 36:14; 36:18; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (B.C. after 1797)

(2.) A Benjamite, son of Bilhah (1 Chronicles 7:10-11).

(3.) A Gershonite Levite, of the house of Shimei (1 Chronicles 23:10-11). (B.C. 1014)

(4.) Son of Rehoboam king of Judah (2 Chronicles 11:18-19). (B.C. after 97)