Lexicon
יְעוּשׁ
ye.ush
H3266
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Jeush

10
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

ye.ush is used as a personal name in genealogies and family lists, including a chief among Oholibamah's sons.

The attested form is a proper name used to identify people in family and genealogical lists. It occurs among Esau's descendants in Genesis and 1 Chronicles, including the designation “chief Jeush” in Genesis 36:18, and also names persons within other ancestral lists.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in genealogical and family lists · dominant

    The supplied morphology marks the form as a proper noun throughout. In Genesis 36:5 and Genesis 36:14, the APB renders Jeush among the sons borne to Esau; Genesis 36:18 lists “chief Jeush” with Jalam and Korah. In 1 Chronicles 23:10 and 1 Chronicles 23:11, the APB includes Jeush among Shimei's sons and states that Jeush and Beriah did not multiply sons.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the proper name as “Jeush,” whether in lists of sons, descendants, or chiefs. The name's contribution is clearest from its proper-noun morphology and its position in these lists.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture