Jobab

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jobab
     dweller in the desert. (1.) One of the sons of Joktan, and
     founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 10:29). (2.) King of Edom,
     succeeded Bela (Gen. 36:33, 34). (3.) A Canaanitish king (Josh.
     11:1) who joined the confederacy against Joshua.
     



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

  Jobab, sorrowful, hated