Bible Dictionary

Jashub

The name Jashub means “a returning; a controversy; a dwelling place”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Returner. (1.) The third of Issachar’s four sons (1 Chr. 7:1); called also Job (Gen. 46:13).

(2.) Ezra 10:29.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(he turns).
  1. The third son of Issachar, and founder of the family of the Jashubites. (Numbers 26;24; 1 Chronicles 7:1) (B.C. 1706.)
  2. One of the sons of Bani, who had to put away his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 459.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ja'-shub, jash'-ub (yashubh; yashibh, in Chronicles, but Qere, yashubh, "he returns"):

(1) In Nu 26:24; 1Ch 7:1, a "son" (clan) of Issachar. Ge 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).