Lexical Summary Yehoshaphat: "the LORD has judged", the name of a number of Isr Original Word: יְהוֹשָׁפָטTransliteration: Yehoshaphat Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-shaw-fawt') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location Short Definition: "the LORD has judged", the name of a number of Isr Meaning: Jehoshaphat -- "the LORD has judged", the name of a number of Israelites Strong's Concordance Jehoshaphat From Yhovah and shaphat; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem -- Jehoshaphat. Compare Yowshaphat. see HEBREW Yhovah see HEBREW shaphat see HEBREW Yowshaphat Brown-Driver-Briggs H3092. Yehoshaphat יוֺשָׁפָט יְהוֺשָׁפָט, proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Ἰωσαφαθ, Ἰωσαφατ (׳י hath judged, compare שְׁפַטְיָהוּ אֱלִישָׁפָט,& references) — 1 ׳יְהוֺ (so all except 5 & 6) king of Judah, son of Asa 1 Kings 15:24; 22:2 21t. 1Kings; 2 Kings 1:17; 3:1, 7, 11, 12 (twice in verse); 3:14; 8:16 (twice in verse); 12:19; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 17:1 40t. 2 Chronicles. 2 father of Jehu king of Israel 2 Kings 9:2, 14. 3 chronicler under David & Solomon, son of Ahilud 2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Chronicles 18:15; also 2 Samuel 20:24 (ᵐ5L Σαφαν). 4 one of Solomon's 12 officers who provided victuals for the royal household 1 Kings 4:17 (ᵐ5L 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 location יְהוֺשָׁפָט עֵמֶק Joel 1 Chronicles 4:2, 12, symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgement. |
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