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JERUBBAAL.—A name given to Gideon (Jdg_6:32; Jdg_7:1; Jdg_8:29; Jdg_8:35; Jdg_9:1-2; Jdg_9:5; Jdg_9:16; Jdg_9:19; Jdg_9:24; Jdg_9:28; Jdg_9:57). It is = ‘Baal strives,’ Baal being a name for J″ [Note: Jahweh.] , as in Ishbaal, Meribbaal; it cannot = ‘one who strives with Baal,’ as Jdg_6:32 would suggest. This name was altered to Jerubbesheth (besheth = ‘shame’) when Baal could no longer be used of J″ [Note: Jahweh.] without offence (2Sa_11:21); cf. Ishbosheth, Mephibosheth.