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Joab

American  
[joh-ab] / ˈdʒoʊ æb /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a commander of David's army and the slayer of Abner and Absalom.


Joab British  
/ ˈdʒəʊæb /

noun

  1. Old Testament the successful commander of King David's forces and the slayer of Abner and Absalom (II Samuel 2:18–23; 3:24–27; 18:14–15)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He thought that by being a medic he would have to talk to large numbers of people, he told journalist Joab Chakhaza in an interview in 2017.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2020

South River’s Joab Patino pinned Damascus’s Chris Hyre in the 145-pound weight class to secure the win for the Seahawks.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2019

One of the vocalists Joab Farias, a bank employee with a long beard and a black ear stud, specialises in the guttural growls of death metal.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2016

Joab Jackson brings us the news: Microsoft brought spreadsheet crunching to the business world through its now-ubiquitous Excel.

From Forbes • Oct. 29, 2013

For, before he ran, he was asked by Joab: “Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

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