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יוֹיָרִיב Joiarib

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 238×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Ezra 8:16 and last at Nehemiah 12:19.

Ezra 8:16עזרא ח:טז

וָאֶשְׁלְחָה לֶאֱלִיעֶזֶר לַאֲרִיאֵל לִֽשְׁמַעְיָה וּלְאֶלְנָתָן וּלְיָרִיב וּלְאֶלְנָתָן וּלְנָתָן וְלִזְכַרְיָה וְלִמְשֻׁלָּם רָאשִׁים וּלְיוֹיָרִיב וּלְאֶלְנָתָן מְבִינִֽים

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, teachers.

Nehemiah 11:5נחמיה יא:ה

וּמַעֲשֵׂיָה בֶן־בָּרוּךְ בֶּן־כָּל־חֹזֶה בֶּן־חֲזָיָה בֶן־עֲדָיָה בֶן־יוֹיָרִיב בֶּן־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־הַשִּׁלֹנִֽי

and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

Nehemiah 11:10נחמיה יא:י

מִן־הַֽכֹּהֲנִים יְדַֽעְיָה בֶן־יוֹיָרִיב יָכִֽין

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Joiarib?

Joiarib — יויריב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 238 in the standard method.

How many times is Joiarib named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Ezra 8:16.

A spelling is not a name. The written word יויריב stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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