Topic
Jeush
12 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Genesis 36:14Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Esau
¶ And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:18Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Esau
¶ And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A Benjamite
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Gershonite Levite
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:11Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Gershonite Levite
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.
- 2 Chronicles 11:19Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Son of Rehoboam
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
- Genesis 36:5Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Esau
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Esau
¶ The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
- 1 Chronicles 8:39Easton · ISBE
And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
- Genesis 36:6Smith
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
- 1 Chronicles 7:11Smith
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18Smith
¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
Assembler. (1.) The oldest of Esau’s three sons by Aholibamah (Gen. 36:5, 14, 18).
(2.) A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10).
(3.) A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10, 11).
(4.) One of the three sons of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:19).
(5.) 1 Chr. 8:39.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- Son of Esau by Aholiabamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zebeon the Hivite. (Genesis 36:6,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35) (B.C. after 1797.)
- A Benjamite, son of Bilhah. (1 Chronicles 7:10,11)
- A Gershonite Levite, of the house of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 23:10,11) (B.C. 1014.)
- Son of Rehoboam king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:18,19) (B.C. after 97.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 12 references
je'-ush (ye`ush, probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is ye`ish, in Ge 36:5,14; 1Ch 7:10):
(1) A "son" of Esau (Ge 36:5,14,18; 1Ch 1:35). "The name is thought by some to be identical with that, of an Arabian lion-god Yagut ...., meaning `helper,' whose antiquity is vouched for by inscriptions of Thamud" (Skinner, Gen, 432).
(2) A Benjamite (1Ch 7:10), but probably a Zebulunite. See Curtis, Chronicles, 145 ff.
(3) A descendant of King Saul, the King James Version "Jehush" (1Ch 8:39).
(4) A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 23:10,11).
(5) A son of King Rehoboam (2Ch 11:19).
David Francis Roberts
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.