Jerubbaal

American  

[jer-uh-beyl, jer-uh-bey-uhl, -beyl] / ˈdʒɛr əˌbeɪl, ˌdʒɛr əˈbeɪ əl, -ˈbeɪl /

noun

1. Gideon.

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Example Sentences

Among those into whose hand God gave them were Sisera, the Philistines, and the Moabites; among those raised up to deliver them when they cried to the Lord were Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel.

From Project Gutenberg

In their proper names; as among the former, Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal.

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Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, that is, "Let Baal plead."

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And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, "Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'"

From Project Gutenberg

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

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