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[or Jash'ub] (Heb. Yashub', éָùׁåּá , returner; once by error, éָùַׁéá , Yashib', in text 1Ch_7:1; Samar. Pent. in Numbers Yosheb', éåùá ; Sept. É᾿áóïýâ ), the name of two men, or, perhaps, the last is rather a place. SEE SHEAR-JASHUB.
1. The third named of the four sons of Issachar (1Ch_7:1; Num_26:24); called JOB (perhaps by contraction or corruption [or possibly only by substitution. both having the same meaning, one from ùׂåּá , and the other from àåּá ]) in the parallel passage (Gen_46:13). B.C. 1856. His descendants were called JASHUBITES (Hebrew Yashubi',
éָùֻׁáַé , Sept. É᾿áóïõâß , Num_26:24).
2. One of the “sons” (? former residents) of Bani, who divorced his Gentile wife after the Exile (Ezr_10:29). B.C. 459.