Joiarib

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Joiarib
     (whom Jehovah defends) = Jehoiarib. (1.) The founder of one of
     the courses of the priests (Neh. 11:10).
     
       (2.) Neh. 11:5; a descendant of Judah.
     


       (3.) Neh. 12:6.
     
       (4.) Ezra 8:16, a "man of understanding" whom Ezra sent to
     "bring ministers for the house of God."
     

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

  Joiarib, chiding, or multiplying, of the Lord