The meaning of Jobab in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

jo'-bab (yobhabh, perhaps "howling"; Iobab):

(1) "Son" of Joktan (Genesis 10:29; I Chronicles 1:23).

See TABLE OF NATIONS.

(2) An Edomite king (Genesis 36:33, Genesis 36:14; I Chronicles 1:44-45).

(3) King of Madon (Joshua 11:1).

(4) I Chronicles 8:9; and (5) I Chronicles 8:18, Benjamites.

The name is confused with that of Job in Septuagint of Job 42:17.

See more on the meaning of Jobab in the Bible:
Jobab {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jobab {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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