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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3059 - יְהוֹאָחָז

Transliteration

Yᵉhôwʼâchâz

Phonetics

yeh-ho-aw-khawz'

Origin

from (H3068) and (H270)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has seized"
1. a king of Judah and son of Josiah
2. a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu
3. a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

BSB (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

CSB (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

ESV (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

KJV (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

LEB (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

LSB (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

N95 (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

NAS (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (20)

2 Kings 15

2 Chronicles 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יְהוֺאָחָז, יְוֺאָחָז proper name, masculine (׳י hath grasped; ᵐ5 Ἰωαχας, & Ἰωαχαζ; compare also אֲהַזְיָהוּ, & cuneiform Ia-u-—a-zi for Ahaz, see אָחָז, and compare further Jäger^{BAS i. 467f.}) —

1יְהוֺאָהָז king of Judah, son of Josiah 2 Kings 23:30,31,34; 2 Chronicles 36:1, = יוֺאָהָז 2 Chronicles 36:2; 2 Chronicles 36:4 (apparently = יוֺהָנָן 1 Chronicles 3:15).

2יְהוֺאָחָז king of Israel, son of Jehu 2 Kings 10:35; 2 Kings 13:1,4,7,8,9,10,22,25 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 14:17; 2 Chronicles 25:17,25 = יוֺאָחָז 2 Kings 14:1.

3יְהוֺאָחָז king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah 2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:23 = אֲחַזְיָהוּ (אֲחַזְיָה)

2, q. v.

4יוֺאָחָז father of יוֺאָח Josiah's chronicler 2 Chronicles 34:8.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יְהוֹאָחָז masc. (“whom Jehovah holds fast”), [Jehoahaz], pr.n.

(1) of a king of Israel 856-840 B. C. the son of Jehu, -2 Kings 13:19.

(2) of a king of Judah, 611 B. C. the son of Josiah, -2 Kings 23:3135 ; 2 Chronicles 36:1. This name is also spelled יוֹאָחָז. LXX. Ἰωαχάς.

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List of Word Forms

יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖ז יְהֽוֹאָחָז֙ יְהוֹאָחָ֖ז יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז יְהוֹאָחָ֛ז יְהוֹאָחָ֣ז יְהוֹאָחָ֤ז יְהוֹאָחָ֥ז יְהוֹאָחָ֧ז יְהוֹאָחָ֨ז יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃ יהואחז יהואחז׃ לִיהוֹאָחָ֜ז ליהואחז lî·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz lihoaChaz lîhōw’āḥāz yə·hō·w·’ā·ḥāz yehoaChaz yəhōw’āḥāz