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Strong's H3104 יוֹבֵל (yobel)

Yobel means “trumpet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3104 — mainan in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3104
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 25
Books 4

Strong's H3104 Quick Answer

Strong's H3104 יוֹבֵל יוֹבֵל (yowbel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yowbel (yo-bale') (or yobel {yob-ale'}) n-m. 1. the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) 2. specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets It has 25 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include horns, soundeth, and blast. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yowbel (yo-bale') (or yobel {yob-ale'}) n-m. 1. the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) 2. specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
4 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
horns, soundeth, and blast

Meaning and Definition

yowbel (yo-bale') (or yobel {yob-ale'}) n-m. 1. the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) 2. specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets 3. (hence) the instrument itself and the festival thus introduced [apparently from H2986] KJV: jubile, ram's horn, trumpet. Root(s): H2986

Original Word
יוֹבֵל יוֹבֵל
Transliteration
yowbel
Derivation
Root: יבל First root strongs: 2986
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3104. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

jubilee/horn

Usage: 1) ram, ram's horn, trumpet, cornet 1a) ram (only in combination) 1a1) ram's horn, trumpet 1b) jubilee year (marked by the blowing of cornets) (meton)

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How Strong's H3104 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yowbel, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

horns Joshua 6:4 blast Joshua 6:5 soundeth Exodus 19:13

How Strong's H3104 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3104 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3104 in the Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 19:13 KJV

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Leviticus 25:10 KJV

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

Leviticus 25:11 KJV

A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3104.

Exodus 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Leviticus 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Leviticus 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
Leviticus 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Leviticus 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:15 Old Testament, KJV
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:30 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
Leviticus 25:31 Old Testament, KJV
But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Leviticus 25:33 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
Leviticus 25:40 Old Testament, KJV
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
Leviticus 25:50 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
Leviticus 25:52 Old Testament, KJV
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
Leviticus 25:54 Old Testament, KJV
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Leviticus 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
Leviticus 27:18 Old Testament, KJV
But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
Leviticus 27:21 Old Testament, KJV
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
Leviticus 27:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
Leviticus 27:24 Old Testament, KJV
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
Numbers 36:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Joshua 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
Joshua 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Joshua 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
Joshua 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Joshua 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3104, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 18 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3104 FAQ

What does yobel (יוֹבֵל) mean?

Yobel (Strong's H3104) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "trumpet". yowbel (yo-bale') (or yobel {yob-ale'}) n-m. 1. the blast of a horn (from its continuous sound) 2. specifically, the signal of the silver trumpets

How many times is yobel (יוֹבֵל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's H3104 across 4 books.

Where can I study yobel (יוֹבֵל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3104 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yobel (יוֹבֵל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as horns, soundeth, and blast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.