yoav · Joab

What it means

yoav (יוֹאָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Joab”.

The name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×101
• 1 Kings×15
• 1 Chronicles×24
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×1

• 1 Samuel 26:6

  David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul, to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

• 2 Samuel 2:13

  And Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon together; and they sat down, these on this side of the pool and those on that side of the pool.

• 2 Samuel 2:14

  Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise, please, and play before us.” Joab said, “Let them arise.”

• 2 Samuel 2:18

  The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot like one of the gazelles that are in the field.

• 2 Samuel 2:22

  Abner again said to Asahel, “Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? And how could I lift my face to Joab your brother?”

• 2 Samuel 2:24

  Joab and Abishai pursued Abner; and the sun was going down when they came as far as the hill of Ammah, which is opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:26

  Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the end? And how long will you not tell the people to turn back from following their brothers?”

• 2 Samuel 2:27

  Joab said, “As Elohim lives, if you had not spoken, surely then from the morning the people would have withdrawn, each from following his brother.”

• 2 Samuel 2:28

  Joab blew the horn, and all the people stood still, and they did not pursue Israel any longer, and they did not continue to fight anymore.

• 2 Samuel 2:30

  And Joab returned from following Abner and gathered all the people; and of the servants of David nineteen men were missing, and Asahel.

• 2 Samuel 2:32

  They carried Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and day dawned for them at Hebron.

• 2 Samuel 3:22

  And look, the servants of David and Joab came from the raid, and they brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

• 2 Samuel 3:23

  When Joab and all the army that was with him came, they reported to Joab, saying, “Abner son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

• 2 Samuel 3:24

  Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you; why did you send him away, and he is completely gone?

• 2 Samuel 3:26

  Joab went out from David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah; but David did not know.

• 2 Samuel 3:27

  When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

• 2 Samuel 3:29

  May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not be cut off from the house of Joab one who has a discharge or a leper or one who leans on a staff or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks bread.”

• 2 Samuel 3:30

  So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put to death Asahel their brother at Gibeon in the battle.

• 2 Samuel 3:31

  David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird on sackcloth, and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bed.

• 2 Samuel 8:16

  Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

• 2 Samuel 10:7

  When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.

• 2 Samuel 10:9

  When Joab saw that the battle front was against him before and behind, he chose from all the chosen men of Israel and drew them up against Aram.

• 2 Samuel 10:13

  So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against Aram, and they fled before him.

• 2 Samuel 10:14

  When the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 11:1

  And it happened, at the turn of the year, at the time when the kings go out, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 11:6

  David sent to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David.

• 2 Samuel 11:7

  When Uriah came to him, David asked about the welfare of Joab and the welfare of the people and the welfare of the war.

• 2 Samuel 11:11

  Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are living in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping on the open field; and shall I go into my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”

• 2 Samuel 11:14

  And it happened in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

• 2 Samuel 11:16

  And it happened, as Joab was watching the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew that there were valiant men.

• 2 Samuel 11:17

  The men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the people fell, of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite also died.

• 2 Samuel 11:18

  Joab sent and reported to David all the matters of the battle.

• 2 Samuel 11:22

  So the messenger went, and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.

• 2 Samuel 11:25

  David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your eyes, for the sword devours this one as well as that one; press your battle against the city and overthrow it.’ And encourage him.”

• 2 Samuel 12:26

  Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and took the city of the kingdom.

• 2 Samuel 12:27

  Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; I have also taken the city of the waters.

• 2 Samuel 14:1

  Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the heart of the king was on Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 14:2

  Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and he said to her, “Please mourn; put on, please, mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil, and be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for these many days.

• 2 Samuel 14:3

  Then go to the king and speak to him according to this word.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

• 2 Samuel 14:19

  The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said; for your servant Joab, he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of your servant all these words.

And 105 more times.