Given name
Jerubbesheth
“let shame contend”·“he will contend with shame”
Jerubbesheth is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “let shame contend.”
Original Hebrewירבשת
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jerubbesheth means “let shame contend” or “he will contend with shame.”
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Where it comes from
Jerubbesheth is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb rib (ריב), “to contend,” and the Hebrew noun boshet (בשת), “shame.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jerubbesheth appears in 2 Samuel 11:21.
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Jerubbesheth’s family of names
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