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HebrewH2977Proper Noun (Masculine)

יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ

yo.shiy.yah

48Occurrences
H2977Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Joshijah, the name of two Israelites

or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ; from the same root as H803 (אֲשׁוּיָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); founded of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Amon (H0526H) and Jedidah (H3040); married to Hamutal (H2537) and Zebidah (H2080); father of: Jehoahaz (H3059H), Jehoiakim (H3079), Zedekiah (H6667H) and Shallum (H7967J) Also named: Iōsias (*Ἰωσίας *"Josiah" G2502) § Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals" 1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led 2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ appears 48 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
16
2 Chronicles
15
2 Kings
12
1 Chronicles
2
1 Kings
1
Zechariah
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:14BSB

Amon his son, and Josiah his son.

2 Chronicles 35:18BSB

No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 21:24BSB

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

2 Kings 23:29BSB

At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

Jeremiah 26:1BSB

At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:

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