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Joab in a sentence
Joab meaning
The nephew of King David, and son of Zeruiah
Using Joab
- The main meaning on this page is: The nephew of King David, and son of Zeruiah
- In the example corpus, joab often appears in combinations such as: by joab, joab killed.
Context around Joab
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Joab
- In this selection, "joab" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wrestler, allows, killed, sneyd and tumwebarize stand out and add context to how "joab" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after however joab who had and and allows joab to kill. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "joab" sits close to words such as abada, abbottabad and abdulkareem, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with joab
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Joab was the commander of David's army. (8 words)
Joab killed Absalom with three darts through the heart. (9 words)
Wolverhampton wrestler Joab Sneyd has won silver while representing Great Britain on the international stage. (15 words)
Police detectives commanded by SP Joab Wabwire on Friday morning raided the MP's homes in Kavule and Nakabago villages in Mukono before they blocked everyone, including the MP, from leaving or accessing the homes. (35 words)
This originated a deadly feud between the leaders of the opposite parties, for Joab, as next of kin to Asahel, was by the law and custom of the country the avenger of his blood. (34 words)
That sent the game into overtime where freshman midfielder Cody Sundquist took a crossing pass from Joab Santoyo to score the game-winner in the 99th minute for the Bruins. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
Wolverhampton wrestler Joab Sneyd has won silver while representing Great Britain on the international stage.
In Kigezi Sub-region, the director of Kabale Trinity College, Mr Joab Tumwebarize, said three quarters of the candidates have reported back.
Police detectives commanded by SP Joab Wabwire on Friday morning raided the MP's homes in Kavule and Nakabago villages in Mukono before they blocked everyone, including the MP, from leaving or accessing the homes.
That sent the game into overtime where freshman midfielder Cody Sundquist took a crossing pass from Joab Santoyo to score the game-winner in the 99th minute for the Bruins.
Abner was slain here by Joab, and was buried here – they still show Abner’s tomb in the garden of a large house within the city.
Absalom's forces are routed, and Absalom is caught by his long hair in the branches of a tree, and killed by Joab, contrary to Davids order.
Absalom's long hair (2 Samuel 18:9) gets caught in an oak tree, and allows Joab to kill him.
Almost immediately after, however, Joab, who had been sent away, perhaps intentionally returned and slew Abner at the gate of Hebron.
Joab, accustomed to avenging himself, took this opportunity to even the score with Absalom (2 Sam 14:30).
Joab killed Absalom with three darts through the heart.
Joab was the commander of David's army.
The real reason that Joab killed Abner was that he became a threat to his rank of general.
This originated a deadly feud between the leaders of the opposite parties, for Joab, as next of kin to Asahel, was by the law and custom of the country the avenger of his blood.
Common combinations with joab
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by joab 2×
- joab killed 2×