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HebrewH3077Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְהוֹיָדָע

ye.ho.ya.da

44Occurrences
H3077Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehojada, the name of three Israelites

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3045 (יָדַע); Jehovah-known;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Benaiah (H1141) § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of ) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְהוֹיָדָע appears 44 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
18
1 Kings
12
1 Chronicles
5
2 Kings
4
2 Samuel
4
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:22BSB

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

1 Kings 1:36BSB

“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

1 Kings 4:4BSB

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army;Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

2 Chronicles 23:18BSB

Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

2 Chronicles 24:20BSB

Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

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