JACUBUS ja-ku'-bus (Iakoubos; Codex Vaticanus reads Iarsouboos): In 1 Esdras 9:48 = "Akkub" in Nehemiah 8:7, a Levite who helped in the exposition of the law. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACUBUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JACOB, TESTAMENT OF See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACOB, TESTAMENT OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JACOB'S WELL (pege tou Iakob): 1. Position of Well: In John 4:3 we read that our Lord "left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs pass through Samaria. So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph: and Jacob's well was there." When Jacob came to Shechem on hi

JACOB (2) (ya`aqobh; Iakob): (1) The patriarch (see preceding article). (2) The father of Joseph the husband of Mary (Matthew 1:15,16). (3) Patronymic denoting the Israelites (Isaiah 10:21; 14:1; Jeremiah 10:16). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACOB (

JACOB (1) ja'-kub: I. NAME 1. Form and Distribution 2. Etymology and Associations II. HIS PLACE IN THE PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION 1. As the Son of Isaac and Rebekah 2. As the Brother of Esau 3. As the Father of the Twelve III. BIOGRAPHY 1. With Isaac in Canaan 2. To Aram and Back 3. In Canaan Again 4. Last Years in Egypt IV. CHARACTER AND

JACKAL'S WELL (`en ha-tannin; Septuagint has pege ton sukon, "fountain of the figs"; the King James Version dragon well): A well or spring in the valley of Hinnom between the "Gate of the Gai" and the Dung Gate (Nehemiah 2:13). No such source exists in the Wady er Rababi (see HINNOM, VALLEY OF) today, although it is very probable that a well sunk

JACKAL jak'-ol: (1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic tinan, "wolf"; and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the English Revised Version "dragon" (Job 7:12; Psalms 74:13; 148:7; Isaiah 27:1; 51:9; Jeremiah 51:34), "serpent" (Exodus 7:9,10,12; Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalms 91:13), the King James Ver

JACIMUS ja'-si-mus (Ant., XII, ix, 3). See ALCIMUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACIMUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JACINTH ja'-sinth. See HYACINTH; STONES, PRECIOUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACINTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JACHIN AND BOAZ ja'-kin (yakhin, "he shall establish"; bo`az, "in it is strength," 1 Kings 7:15-22; 2 Kings 25:16,17; 2 Chronicles 3:15-17; Jeremiah 52:17): These were the names of the two bronze pillars that stood before the temple of Solomon. They were not used in supporting the building; their appearance, therefore, must have been solely due to

JACAN ja'-kan (ya`kan, meaning not known; the King James Version, Jachan): A chief of a family descended from Gad (1 Chronicles 5:13). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JACAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JACHIN ja'-kin (yakhin, "he will establish"): (1) The 4th son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12). In 1 Chronicles 4:24 his name is given as "Jarib" (compare the King James Version margin, the Revised Version margin). "Jachinites," the patronymic of the family, occurs in Numbers 26:12. (2) Head of the 21st course of priests in t

JABNEEL; JABNEH jab'-ne-el, jab'-ne (yabhne'el, "God is builder"; Septuagint Lebna, Swete reads Lemna; the Apocrypha has Iamnia, Iamneia): (1) A town on the northern border of the land assigned to Judah, near the western sea, mentioned in connection with Ekron (Joshua 15:11). The place is now represented by the modern village of Yebna which stands

JABESH-GILEAD ja'-besh-gil'-e-ad (yabhesh gil`adh; or simply yabhish, "dry"): A city East of the Jordan, in the deliverance of which from Nahash the Ammonite Saul's military prowess was first displayed (1 Samuel 11:1). At an earlier time the inhabitants failed to share with their brethren in taking vengeance upon Benjamin. This laxity was terribly

JABEZ ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)): (1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1 Chronicles 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the passage see EB, under the word (2) Person: The head of a family of Judah, noted for his "honorable" character, though "his mother bare him with sorrow" (

JABESH ja'-besh (yabhesh): A short form of JABESH-GILEAD (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JABESH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

JABAL ja'-bal (yabhal, meaning uncertain): In Genesis 4:20, a son of Lamech by Adah. He is called `the father of those who dwell in tents and (with) herds.' So Gunkel, Gen3, 52, who says that the corresponding word in Arabic means "the herdsman who tends the camels." Skinner, Gen, 120, says that both Jabal and Jubal suggest yobhel, which in Phoeni

JABBOK jab'-ok (yabboq, "luxuriant river"): A stream in Eastern Palestine first named in the history of Jacob, as crossed by the patriarch on his return from Paddan-aram, after leaving Mahanaim (Genesis 32:22). On the bank of this river he had his strange conflict with an unknown antagonist. The Jabbok was the northern boundary of the territory of

JAAZIEL ja-a'-zi-el (ya`azi'el, "God strengthens"): In 1 Chronicles 15:18, a Levite, one of the musicians appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by David. Kittel and Curtis, following the Septuagint (Ozeiel), read "Uzziel," the name they adopt for Aziel in 15:20, and for Jeiel in 16:5. Copyright Statement These files are

JAAZER ja'-a-zer (ya`azer). See JAZER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JAAZER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.