Bible Dictionary

Jeshebeab

The name Jeshebeab means “sitting, or captivity, of the father”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Seat of his father, the head of the fourteenth division of priests (1 Chr. 24:13).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(father’s seat), head of the fourteenth course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:13) [Jehoiarib]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

je-sheb'-e-ab (yeshebh'abh, meaning uncertain): A Levite of the 14th course (1Ch 24:13). Kittel and Gray (HPN, 24) read with Septuagint, A, "Ishbaal"; the name is omitted in Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus) and the change in Massoretic Text as well as the omission in Septuagint may be due to the word ba`al forming part of the name. Compare JERUBBESHETH.