Dictionaries :: Joiarib

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joiarib:

(whom Jehovah defends) = Jehoiarib. (1.) The founder of one of the courses of the priests (Neh 11:10).

(2.) Neh 11:5; a descendant of Judah.

(3.) Neh 12:6.

(4.) Ezr 8:16, a "man of understanding" whom Ezra sent to "bring ministers for the house of God."

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Joiarib:

chiding, or multiplying, of the Lord

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Joiarib:

joi'-a-rib (yoyaribh, "Yahweh pleads" or "contends"; compare JEHOIARIB):

(1) A "teacher" of Ezra's time (Ezr 8:16).

(2) A Judahite (Ne 11:5).

(3) In Ne 11:10; 12:6,19 = JEHOIARIB (which see).

Nave's Topical Bible

Joiarib: 1. A Returned Exile

Ezr 8:16

Joiarib: 2. A Descendant of Judah

Neh 11:5

Joiarib: 3. A Priest

Who returned from Babylon,

Neh 12:6, 19.

Joiarib: 4. See Jehoiarib

JEHOIARIB

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Joiarib:

(whom Jehovah defends).

(1.) A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:16). (B.C. 459)

(2.) The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full JEHOIARIB (Nehemiah 12:6; 12:19). SEE [JEHOIARIB].

(3.) A Shilonite-i.e. probably a descendant of Shelah the son of Judah (Nehemiah 11:5). (B.C. before 536)