JARIB. 1. The eponym of a Simeonite family ( 1 Chronicles 4:24 = Jachin of Genesis 46:10 , Exodus 6:15 , Numbers 26:12 ). 2. One of the ‘chief men’ who were sent by Ezra to Casiphia in search of Levites ( Ezra 8:16 ); called in 1Es 8:44 Joribus . 3. A priest who had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:18 ); called in 1E Esther 9:19 Joribus.