International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jeush

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Jeush


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jē´ush (יעוּשׁ, ye‛ūsh, probably “he protects,” “he comes to help”; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is יעישׁ, ye‛ı̄sh, in , ; ):

(1) A “son” of Esau (, , ; ). “The name is thought by some to be identical with that, of an Arabian lion-god Yaġuṯ..., meaning 'helper,' whose antiquity is vouched for by inscriptions of Thamud” (Skinner, Gen, 432).

(2) A Benjamite (), but probably a Zebulunite. See Curtis, Chronicles, 145 ff.

(3) A descendant of King Saul, the King James Version “Jehush” ().

(4) A Gershonite Levite (, ).

(5) A son of King Rehoboam ().