Etymology?:
from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and ʾāv אָב ‘father’
Roots:
יהווה
אב
yōʾāv pr n m pers
Joab = "Jehovah is father"
1) son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army
2) a Judaite descendant of Kenaz
3) a post exilic family
Mentioned in 1 Samuel 26:6 2 Samuel 2:32, 3:29, 14:29, 17:25, 2:18, 2:24, 3:30, 10:14, 18:2, 18:5, 18:12, 20:10, 23:18, 14:1, 14:21, 14:23, 14:30, 14:31, 14:32, 14:33, 18:10, 18:14, 18:15, 18:29, 19:2, 14:2, 20:15, 20:8, 2:14, 2:22, 2:26, 2:30, 3:22, 3:23, 3:24, 3:26, 3:27, 3:31, 11:11, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 24:3, 20:22, 11:6, 11:7, 11:14, 11:16, 11:17, 2:27, 20:9, 23:24, 18:11, 10:9, 8:16, 18:22, 2:28, 18:16, 20:7, 20:11, 20:13, 18:20, 20:21, 24:9, 11:25, 12:27, 14:3, 19:6, 20:16, 20:17, 20:23, 24:2, 24:4, 2:13, 19:14, 20:20, 18:21, 10:13, 11:22, 10:7, 11:1, 11:18, 12:26, 23:37 1 Kings 2:31, 11:21, 2:22, 2:28, 1:7, 1:19, 2:5, 11:15, 11:16, 1:41, 2:29, 2:30, 2:33 Psalms 60:2 Ezra 2:6, 8:9 Nehemiah 7:11 1 Chronicles 4:14, 2:16, 11:20, 19:15, 27:34, 26:28, 21:3, 11:26, 27:7, 19:10, 18:15, 21:5, 21:2, 11:6, 19:14, 20:1, 11:8, 19:8, 21:6, 21:4, 11:39, 27:24