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HebrewH3136Proper Noun (Masculine)

יוֹצָדָק

yo.tsa.daq

5Occurrences
H3136Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jotsadak, an Israelite

a form of H3087 (יְהוֹצָדָק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; son of: Seraiah (H8304H); brother of: Ezra (H5830); father of: Joshua (H3091J); also called Jozadak at ; 1x Another name of ye.ho.tsa.daq (*יְהוֹצָדָק *"Jehozadak" H3087) § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יוֹצָדָק appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
4
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Ezra 10:18BSB

Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Ezra 3:2BSB

Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

Ezra 3:8BSB

In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.

Ezra 5:2BSB

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

Nehemiah 12:26BSB

They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

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