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Strong's #3092 - יְהוֹשָׁפָט

Transliteration

Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ

Phonetics

yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3068) and (H8199)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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 Judah (noun proper masculine)

2) son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel (noun proper masculine)

3) son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon (noun proper masculine)

4) son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon (noun proper masculine)

5) a priest and trumpeter in the time of David (noun proper masculine)

6) 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 (noun proper locative)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (84)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

NAS (86)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

HCS (83)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 11

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

BSB (84)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

ESV (84)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

WEB (84)

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 25

2 Kings 12

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 41

Joel 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יְהוֺשָׁפָט, יוֺשָׁפָט proper name, masculineᵐ5 Ἰωσαφαθ, Ἰωσαφατ (׳י hath judged, compare אֱלִישָׁפָט, שְׁפַטְיָהוּ& references) —

1׳יְהוֺ (so all except

5 &

6) king of Judah, son of Asa 1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:2 21t. 1Kings; 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1,7,11,12 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 8:16 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 12:19; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 17:1 40t. 2Chronicles.

2 father of Jehu king of Israel 2 Kings 9:2,14.

3 chronicler under David & Song of Solomon , son of Ahilud 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Chronicles 18:15; also 2 Samuel 20:24 (ᵐ5^L Σαφαν).

4 one of Solomon's 12officers who provided victuals for the royal household 1 Kings 4:17 (ᵐ5^L Ἰωασαφατ).

5׳יוֺ one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:43.

6 ׳יוֺ a priest & trumpeter in David's time 1 Chronicles 15:24.

7 in

proper name, of a locationעֵמֶק יְהוֺשָׁפָט Joel 1Chronicles 4:2,12, symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgement.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יְהוֹשָׁפָט (“whom Jehovah judges,” i.e. whose cause he pleads), Jehoshaphat

(1) king of Judah, 914-889 B. C., son of Asa, -1 Ki. 22:4151, from whom the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives received its name [“although that is not expressly stated”], Joel 4:2, 12 Joe 4:12 2Ch 20:1-37.

(2) the recorder of king David, 2 Samuel 8:16, 20:24.

(3) 1 Kings 4:17.

(4) 2 Kings 9:2, 14 2 Kings 9:14.

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List of Word Forms

וְיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט ויהושפט יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔ט יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֑ט יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨ט יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃ יהושפט יהושפט׃ לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙ לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט ליהושפט lî·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ lihoshaFat lîhōwōšāp̄āṭ vhoshaFat vihoshaFat w·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ whōwōšāp̄āṭ wî·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ wîhōwōšāp̄āṭ yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ yeHooshaFat yehoshaFat yəhōwōšāp̄āṭ