The origin of the name JABIN is Hebrew
| This is how JABIN is written in Hebrew: | This is how it is pronounced |
| יָבִין | yaw-bene’ |
The biblical meaning of the name JABIN is:
| According to: | Meaning: |
| Strong | “intelligent” |
| Gesenius | ”whom God considered” |
| Hitchcock | “he that understands; building “ |
In The Bible:
JABIN was
1. A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan
2. Another king of Hazor, called “the king of Canaan,”
The name JABIN appears in the bible in the following verses:
Joshua 11:1 KJV
“And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,”
Judges 4:2 KJV
“And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.”
Judges 4:17 KJV
“Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”
Judges 4:23 KJV
“So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.”
Judges 4:24 KJV
“And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.”
Psalm 83:9 KJV
“Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:”