Every Name in Tanakh

שׁוֹבָב Shobab

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 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 310×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 5:14 and last at 1 Chronicles 14:4.

2 Samuel 5:14שמואל ב ה:יד

וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַיִּלֹּדִים לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם שַׁמּוּעַ וְשׁוֹבָב וְנָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה

And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;

1 Chronicles 2:18דברי הימים א ב:יח

וְכָלֵב בֶּן־חֶצְרוֹן הוֹלִיד אֶת־עֲזוּבָה אִשָּׁה וְאֶת־יְרִיעוֹת וְאֵלֶּה בָנֶיהָ יֵשֶׁר וְשׁוֹבָב וְאַרְדּֽוֹן

And Caleb the son of Hezron begot children of Azubah his wife—and of Jerioth—and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

1 Chronicles 3:5דברי הימים א ג:ה

וְאֵלֶּה נוּלְּדוּ־לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם שִׁמְעָא וְשׁוֹבָב וְנָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹה אַרְבָּעָה לְבַת־שׁוּעַ בַּת־עַמִּיאֵֽל

And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

1 Chronicles 14:4דברי הימים א יד:ד

וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַיְלוּדִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ־לוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם שַׁמּוּעַ וְשׁוֹבָב נָתָן וּשְׁלֹמֹֽה

And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Shobab?

Shobab — שובב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 310 in the standard method.

How many times is Shobab named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at 2 Samuel 5:14.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ושובב stands 4 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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