BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3402
ya.riv — Jarib
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.16 § Jarib = "he contends" 1) a son of Simeon 2) one of the chief men of Israel who returned from exile with Ezra 3) son of Jozadak and a priest of the house of Jeshua who married a foreign wife and was compelled by Ezra to put her away
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3199
ya.khin — Jachin
A man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10; son of: Simeon (H8095); brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H0161), Zerah (H2226L) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Jarib at 1Ch.4.24; § Jachin = "He will establish" the 4th son of Simeon and founder of the family of Jachinites
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3200
ya.khi.ni — Jachinite
Someone descended from Jachin who was a man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10; son of: Simeon (H8095); brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H0161), Zerah (H2226L) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Jarib at 1Ch.4.24; Group of ya.khin (יָכִין "Jachin" H3199) § Jachinites , of Jachin "he will establish" the descendants of Jachin
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →An adversary. (1.) A son of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:24). (2.) One of the chiefs sent by Ezra to bring up the priests to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16). (3.) Ezra 10:18.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
