Jerub-Baal

In Bible versions:

Jerub-Baal: NET NIV
Jerubbaal: AVS NRSV NASB TEV

son of Joash of Abiezer of Manasseh; a judge of Israel

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he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause

Hebrew

Strongs #03378: lebry Y@rubba`al

Jerubbaal = "let Baal contend"

1) name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of
Baal

3378 Yrubba`al yer-oob-bah'-al

from 7378 and 1168; Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbol.
name of Gideon:-Jerubbaal.
see HEBREW for 07378
see HEBREW for 01168

Jerubbaal [EBD]

contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of Gideon; a name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg. 6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 1 Sam. 12:11).

Jerubbaal [NAVE]

JERUBBAAL
See: Gideon.

JERUBBAAL, OR JERUBBAAL [SMITH]

(contender with Baal), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:32)

JERUBBAAL [ISBE]

JERUBBAAL - jer-u-ba'-al, je-rub'-a-al (yerubba`al, "let Baal contend"): The name given to Gideon by his father, Joash, and the people in recognition of his destruction of the altar of Baal at Ophrah (Jdg 6:32). For this name the form "Jerubbesheth" (2 Sam 1:21) was substituted after the analogy of "Ishbosheth" and "Mephibosheth," in which bosheth, the Hebrew word for "shame," displaced the word ba`al, no doubt because the name resembled one given in honor of Baal.

See GIDEON.