Bible Dictionaries
Jerubbesheth
Holman Bible Dictionary
(jih ruhb' bih sshehth) Personal name meaning, “may shame judge” or “shame increases.” A deliberate scribal corruption of the name Jerubbaal (2 Samuel 11:21 ), replacing the name of the Canaanite deity Baal with a form of the Hebrew word for “shame.”
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jerubbesheth'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jerubbesheth.html. 1991.