JOARIB.The head of the priestly family from which the Maccabees were descended (1Ma_2:1; 1Ma_14:29). Acc. to 1Ch_24:7 this family, there called that of Jehoiarib, was the first of the twenty-four courses of priests.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
jō?a-rib (Ἰωαρίβ, Iōarı̄b; the King James Version Jarib): Ancestor of Mattathias (1 Macc 14:29), given as ?Joarib? in the King James Version of 1 Macc 2:1; he was chief of the first of the 24 courses of priests in the reign of David. Varieties of the name are Jarib, Joarib, and Jehoiarib (1Ch_24:7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Joarib
(Ι᾿ωαρίβ v.r. Ι᾿ωαρείμ), a Graecized form (1Ma_2:1) of the name of the priest JEHOIARIB (1Ch_24:7).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.