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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2980 - יָבַב

Transliteration

yâbab

Phonetics

yaw-bab

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

834

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Piel) to cry, cry shrilly

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2648 ‑ καταμανθάνω (kat‑am‑an‑than'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Judges 2

BSB (1)

Judges 1

CSB (1)

Judges 1

ESV (1)

Judges 1

KJV (1)

Judges 1

LEB (1)

Judges 1

LSB (1)

Judges 1

N95 (1)

Judges 1

NAS (1)

Judges 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Judges 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1209) b i (יב YB) AC: Cry CO: ? AB: ?

B) b b i (יבב YBB) AC: Cry CO: ? AB: ?

V) b b i (יבב YBB) - Cry: KJV (1): (vf: Piel) cry - Strongs: H2980 (יָבַב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[יָבַב] verb only

Pi`el cry shrilly (Late Hebrew Pi`el lament; Aramaic , יַבֵּב sound clarions, exult; Ethiopic especially I:2) —

Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתְּיַבֵּב Judges 5:28 through the windows she looked and shrilly cried.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יָבַב unused in Kal.

Piel, to exclaim, to cry out, Judges 5:28. (Aram. id.; specially used of joyful exclamations; found in the Targums for Hebr. הֵרִיעַ, רִנֵּן, Syr. also to blow a trumpet, ܝܘܽܒܳܒܳܐ the sound of a trumpet. Arabic أَبَّبَ id.; especially of a battle-cry or shout; comp. יוֹבֵל)

Hence יוֹבָב pr.n.

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List of Word Forms

וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב ותיבב vatteyabBev wat·tə·yab·bêḇ wattəyabbêḇ