Jashub

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Ja’shub. (he turns).

1. The third son of Issachar, and founder of the family of the Jashubites. Num_26;24; 1Ch 7:1. (B.C. 1706).

2. One of the sons of Bani, who had to put away his foreign wife. Ezr 10:29. (B.C. 459).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

1. Num 26:24; 1Ch 7:1; JOB by contraction in Gen 46:13.

2. Ezr 10:29.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Ja’shub]

1. Third son of Issachar. Num 26:24; 1Ch 7:1. Apparently the same as JOB in Gen 46:13.

2. One who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:29.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

JASHUB.—1. Issachar’s fourth son (Num 26:24, 1Ch 7:1; called in Gen 46:13 Iob; patron. Jashubites (Num 26:24). 2. A returned exile who married a foreigner (Ezr 10:29); called in 1Es 9:30 Jasubus.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

jā´shub, jash´ub (ישׁוּב, yāshūbh; ישׁיב, yāshı̄bh, in Chronicles, but Ḳ^erē, ישׁוּב, yāshūbh, “he returns”):

(1) In Num 26:24; 1Ch 7:1, a “son” (clan) of Issachar. Gen 46:13 has incorrectly Iob, but Septuagint Jashub.

(2) In Ezr 10:29, one of those who had married foreign wives = “Jasubus” in 1 Esdras 9:30.

(3) In Isa 7:3, part of the name SHEAR-JASHUB (which see).

Aquifer Open Bible Dictionary by Mission Mutual, adapted from the Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary (2023)

1. Issachar’s third son (1 Chr 7:1; alternately called Iob in Gn 46:13), and founder of the Jashubite family (Nm 26:24).

2. Bani’s descendant, who obeyed Ezra’s exhortation to divorce his pagan wife after the exile (Ezr 10:29).