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Zeeb
Oreb (Hebrew language, Hebrew: עֹרֵב, ''Orev'') and Zeeb (Hebrew language, Hebrew: זְאֵב, ''Z'ev'') were two Midianite princes mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Oreb () (retrieved 2012-02-25), Wikipedia:IPA for English, IPA-ified from «ōr´ĕb» is a Hebrew Old Testament name, meaning ''raven'' while Zeeb means ''wolf''.Peake's Commentary, Judges, p 310, 256g By the time of the Judges, Oreb and Zeeb were raiding Israel with the use of swift camels, until they were decisively defeated by Gideon (). Many of the Midianites perished along with him (; ). These later references reflect the importance ascribed to the victories as symbols of God's power mediated through his chosen peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 "valiant" men. Archaeologists in southern Israel have found a 3,100-year-old fragment of a jug with five letters written in ink that appear to represent the name Jerubbaal, or Yeruba'al. Names The nineteenth-century Strong's Concordance derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in accordance with the folk etymology, given in . According to biblical scholar Lester Grabbe (2007), " udges6.32 gives a nonsensical etymology of his name; it means something like 'Let Baal be great. Likewise, where Strong gave the meaning "hewer" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
