JARIB

ja'-rib, jar'-ib (yaribh, "he contends," or "takes (our) part," or "conducts (our) case"):

(1) In 1 Ch 4:24, a "son" (clan) of Simeon = "Jachin" of Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12.

(2)In Ezra 8:16, one of the "chief men" for whom Ezra sent, and dispatched by him to Casiphia to fetch ministers for God's house = "Joribus" (1 Esdras 8:44).

(3) In Ezra 10:18, a priest who had married a foreign wife = "Joribus" (1 Esdras 9:19).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.