Jerubbaal

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jerubbaal
     contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of Gideon; a
     name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg.
     6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 1 Sam. 12:11).
     



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jerubbaal, he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause