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Jerubbesheth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(strife with the idol). Another surname of Gideon (2 Sam. 11:21²¹Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (2 Samuel 11:21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Name, signifying “Let the shameful thing plead,” given to GIDEON.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3380 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Yrubbesheth

Phonic:

yer-oob-beh’-sheth

Meaning:

from 7378 and 1322; shame (i.e. the idol) will contend; Jerubbesheth, a symbol. name for Gideon

KJV Usage:

Jerubbesheth

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

let the shame (ful thing) contend

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Shame, i. e., the idol strives:―symbolical name of Gideon [ISHBOSHETH], 2 Sam. 11:21. {Litigat pudor}