יְהוֹיָדָע

Strong’s Definition

Jehojada, the name of three Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3045 (יָדַע); Jehovah-known;

KJV Usage

Jehoiada. Compare H3111 (יוֹיָדָע).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.father of benaiah, david's mighty warrior
• 2.leader of the priests who joined david at hebron
• 3.high priest at the time of athaliah's usurpation of the throne of judah; hid joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of judah
• 4.second priest, or sagan, to seraiah the high priest

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ; Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-daw'

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