Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7731: שׁוֹבָךְ

Shôwbâk · pronounced sho-bawk' · “Shobach”

Definition

Shobak, a Syrian

KJV translates it as: Shobach.

Word origin: perhaps for H7730 (שׂוֹבֶךְ);

Extended definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.10.16; also called Shophach (NIV: Shophak) at 1Ch.19.16,18;
Also named: sho.phakh (שׁוֹפָךְ "Shophach" H7780)
§ Shobach = "expansion"
general of king Hadarezer of the Syrians of Zoba in the time of David

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7731 is translated

  • shobach ×2

Bible verses with H7731 (Shôwbâk)

Shôwbâk appears in 2 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 10:16

    And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

  • 2 Samuel 10:18

    And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.