Jabbok

Concise Bible Dictionary:

 
Wady Zerka – The Jabbok
Stream on the east of the Jordan, near to which the angel wrestled with Jacob. It was afterward called “the border of the children of Ammon” (Gen. 32:2222And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. (Genesis 32:22); Num. 21:2424And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (Numbers 21:24); Deut. 2:3737Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us. (Deuteronomy 2:37); Deut. 3:1616And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; (Deuteronomy 3:16); Josh. 12:22Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; (Joshua 12:2); Judg. 11:13,2213And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. (Judges 11:13)
22And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. (Judges 11:22)). In some parts it runs in a deep ravine, and in winter is impassable in places. It enters the Jordan about 32° 6' N, and is now called Wady Zerka.
 
 

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:
2999 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Transliteration:
Yabboq
Phonic:
yab-boke’
Meaning:
probably from 1238; pouring forth; Jabbok, a river east of the Jordan
KJV Usage:
Jabbok

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

he will empty out

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

With the constant murmur of the water; flowing:―a tributary of Jordan, Gen. 32:22. {Cum continuo murmure aquae}