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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3089 - יְהוֹשֶׁבַע

Transliteration

Yᵉhôwshebaʻ

Phonetics

yeh-ho-sheh'-bah

Origin

from (H3068) and (H7650)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Jehosheba = "Jehovah has sworn"
1. daughter of king Joram of Judah and wife of the high priest Jehoiada
  1. alternate spelling ´Jehoshabeath´ - Strong's #3090

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Kings 1

BSB (1)

2 Kings 1

CSB (1)

2 Kings 1

ESV (1)

2 Kings 1

KJV (1)

2 Kings 1

LEB (1)

2 Kings 1

LSB (1)

2 Kings 1

N95 (1)

2 Kings 1

NAS (1)

2 Kings 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

2 Kings 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יְהוֺשֶׁ֫בַע, יְהוֺשַׁבְעַת proper name, feminine (׳י is an oath; compare אֱלִישֶׁבַע) — daughter of Joram of Judah, & wife of Jehoiada the priest; יְהוֺשֶׁבַע 2 Kings 11:2 (ᵐ5 Ἰωσαβεε, Ἰωσαβεθ); = יְהוֺשַׁבְעַת 2 Chronicles 22:11 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 Ἰωσαβεε).

יְהוֺשַׁבְעַת see foregoing.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יְהוֹשֶׁבַע (“whose oath is Jehovah,” i.e. she who swears by Jehovah, hence worships him, compare אֱלִישֶׁבַע), [Jehosheba], pr.n. of a daughter of king Joram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, 2 Kings 11:2. This name is written יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת in 2 Chronicles 22:11.

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List of Word Forms

יְהוֹשֶׁ֣בַע יהושבע yə·hō·wō·še·ḇa‘ yehoSheva yəhōwōšeḇa‘