Bible Names

Jobab: meaning of the name

Jobab means “sorrowful, hated.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jobab in Hebrew and Greek

יוֹבָב H3103

Yôwbâb (yo-bawb') — Jobab, the name of two Israelites and of three foreigners

from H2980 (יָבַב); howler;

People named Jobab in the Bible

Jobab in Scripture

“Jobab” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:29

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  • Genesis 36:33

    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

  • Genesis 36:34

    And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

  • Joshua 11:1

    And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:23

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:44

    And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:45

    And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:9

    And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,