109.Ezra Reads the Law to the PeopleGustave Doré

Jashub

יָשׁוּב/JAY-shub/

“He returns”

Summary

A name meaning 'he returns,' borne by a son of Issachar and a man who divorced his foreign wife under Ezra.

☩Son of Issachar

Jashub was the third son of Issachar and founder of the family of the Jashubites. He is called Job in one passage, likely a contraction or variant of the same name, both having similar meanings from related Hebrew roots. His descendants formed one of the clans of the tribe of Issachar.

Key verses:Numbers 26:241 Chronicles 7:1Genesis 46:13

☩Post-Exilic Figure

Another Jashub was one of the 'sons' (descendants or former residents) of Bani who divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms after the return from Babylon.

Key verses:Ezra 10:29

Related Verses4 mentions

Numbers· 1 verse

26:24

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

7:1

Ezra· 1 verse

10:29

Isaiah· 1 verse

7:3

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jashub," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jashub," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
3.George Morrish, "Jashub," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).