Ja'rib. (adversary).

1. Named in the list of 1 Chronicles 4:24, only, as a son of Simeon. Perhaps, the same as Jachin. Genesis 46; Exodus 6; Numbers 26.

2. One of the "chief men," who accompanied Ezra on his journey, from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezra 8:16. (B.C. 469).

3. A priest, of the house of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, who had married a foreign wife, and was compelled by Ezra to put her away. Ezra 10:18. (B.C. 459).

4. 1 Maccabees 14:29. A contraction or corruption of the name Joarib. 1 Maccabees 2:1.