Étymologie?:
vient de yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘éternel’ et ʾāv אָב ‘père’
Racines:
יהווה
אב
yōʾāv pr n m pers
Joab = "l'éternel est père"
1) fils de Tseruja la soeur de David, et général de l'armée de David
2) un homme de Juda descendant de Kenaz
3) une famille d'après l'exil
Apparitions dans le texte biblique : 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 Rois 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 Psaumes 60:2 Ezra 2:6, 8:9 Néhémie 7:11 1 Chroniques 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