The meaning of “יָבִין”

Understanding Yâbîyn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H2985

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

יָבִין

Phoneticyaw-bene'

TransliterationYâbîyn

Grammar Code

N:N-M-P

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jabin. - § Jabin = "whom God observes" - Jabin, the name of two Canaanitish kings 1) a king of Hazor who organised a confederacy of the northern princes against Joshua; confederacy routed by the waters of Merom 2) another king of Hazor whose general, Sisera, was defeated by Barak

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

7 total references

Reference	Text
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,”
Judges 4:17	“Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”
Psalms 83:9	“Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:”

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Judges

Book Distribution

Joshua1

Judges5

Psalms1

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