Lexical Summary Yehoyada: "the LORD knows", the name of several Israelites Original Word: יְהוֹיָדָעTransliteration: Yehoyada Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "the LORD knows", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Jehoiada -- "the LORD knows", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Jehoiada From Yhovah and yada'; Jehovah-known; Jehojada, the name of three Israelites -- Jehoiada. Compare Yowyada'. see HEBREW Yhovah see HEBREW yada' see HEBREW Yowyada' Brown-Driver-Briggs H3077. Yehoyada יוֺיָדָע יְהוֺיָדָע, proper name, masculine (׳י knoweth; compare אֶלְיָדָע יְדַעְיָה, & references, בְּעֶלְיָדָע) — 1 ׳יְהוֺ; ᵐ5 usually Ἰωδαε, A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε (2 Samuel 23:30 + ), ᵐ5L Ἰωαδ (20:23 ὠαδδαι), father of Benaiah (David's time), in combination בֶּןיְֿהוֺ ׳בְּנָיָהוּ 8:18; 20:23; 23:20, 22; 1 Kings 1:8, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 34, 35, 46; 4:4; 1 Chronicles 11:22, 24; 18:17; 27:5; בֶּןבְּֿנָיָהוּ יְהוֺיָדָע 27:34 is probably erroneous inversion of the usual order; ׳יְהוֺ alone only 12:28 (where called לְאַחֲרֹן הַנָּגִיד). 2 ᵐ5 ׳יְהוֺ, usually Ἰωδαε A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε etc., (chief) priest at Jerusalem in time of Joash 2 Kings 11:4, 9 (twice in verse); 11:15, 17; 12:3; 12:8; 12:10; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 23:1, 8 (twice in verse); 23:9, 11, 14, 16, 18; 24:2-3, 6, 12, 14 (twice in verse); 24:15; 24:17; 24:20; 24:22; 24:25; Jeremiah 29:26. 3 יוֺיָדָע a builder at wall of Jerusalem, with Nehemiah, Nehemiah 3:6 (ᵐ5 Ἰοειαα, Ἰοειδα, Ἰωδαε etc.) 4 ׳יוֺ son of high priest Eliashib Nehemiah 12:10-11, 22; 13:28 (ᵐ5 Ἰωδα, Ἰωαδαε, Ἰωιαδα). |