Yael means “Jael” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H3278 יָעֵל (Ya`el) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ya`el (yaw-ale') n/p. 1. Jael, a Canaanite [the same as H3277] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include jael. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Ya`el (yaw-ale') n/p. 1. Jael, a Canaanite [the same as H3277] KJV: Jael. Root(s): H3277
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Jael
Usage: A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.17; married to Heber (H2268H) § Jael = "mountain goat" the wife of Heber the Kenite who killed the general Sisera as he slept by driving a peg through his temples into the ground
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ya`el, 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.
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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3278.
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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Yael (Strong's H3278) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jael". Ya`el (yaw-ale') n/p. 1. Jael, a Canaanite [the same as H3277]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H3278 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3278 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jael. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.