- Original: יבישׁ יבשׁ - Transliteration: Yabesh - Phonetic: yaw-bashe' - Definition: Jabesh = dry n pr loc 1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes' n pr m 2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom - Origin: the same as H3002 (also Yabeysh yaw-bashe') - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: the same as H3002 . (Also often with the addition of H1568 i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jabesh the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine: - Jabesh ([-Gilead]). Total KJV Occurrences: 24 • Jabesh, 24 Judges 21:8; Judges 21:9; Judges 21:10; Judges 21:12; Judges 21:14; 1 Samuel 11:1(2); 1 Samuel 11:3; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 11:9(2); 1 Samuel 11:10; 1 Samuel 31:11; 1 Samuel 31:12; 1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 2:5; 2 Samuel 21:12; 2 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 15:14; 1 Chronicles 10:11; 1 Chronicles 10:12(2)