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HebrewH3092Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְהוֹשָׁפָט

ye.ho.sha.phat

66Occurrences
H3092Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H8199 (שָׁפַט); Jehovah-judged;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Ahilud (H0286); brother of: Baana (H1195) § Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged" 1) son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of ) son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel 3) son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon 4) son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon 5) a priest and trumpeter in the time of ) symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives through which the Kidron flowed

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְהוֹשָׁפָט appears 66 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
38
1 Kings
15
2 Kings
9
1 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 18:15BSB

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

1 Kings 22:41BSB

In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 18:6BSB

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”

2 Chronicles 20:3BSB

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 21:2BSB

Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.