Bible Person
Meaning: sorrowful · Male · 2 cross references
Jobab is one of the sons or descendants of Joktan in the table of nations. He belongs to the broad post-flood mapping of peoples beyond Israel's immediate story. First appears in Gen 10:29.1
Name meaning
sorrowful
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 10:29
AI summary: Jobab matters because the cross references place him within the carefully ordered genealogy of Joktan's descendants, extending Scripture's remembered geography of humanity into a wider world of peoples. Even without a narrative episode, his name supports the Bible's structured vision of the nations. Taken together, the material presents Jobab as a Joktanite ancestral figure contributing to the remembered ordering of the world.1
Central Figure
Jobab
Meaning: sorrowful
One of the sons of Joktan, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen.
Siblings
Name meaning
sorrowful
Identity
male
One of the sons of Joktan, and founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 10:29). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.