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title: יְהוֹאָחָז — Jehoahaz. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹאָחָז (3059), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: Jehoahaz. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹאָחָז

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«יְהוֹאָחָז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoahaz. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 20 times · **Key:** 3059 · **BDB:** יְהוֹאָחָז

### Glosses

Jehoahaz (10); of.Jehoahaz (10)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoahaz. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3059/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3059/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath grasped; 𝔊 Ἰωαχας, \& Ἰωαχαζ; cf. also אֲחַזְיָהוּ, \& cuneif. Ia-u-ḫa-zi for Ahaz, v. אָחָז, and cf. further JägerBAS i. 467 f.)— יְהוֹאָחָז king of Judah, son of Josiah 2 K 23:30, 31, 34 2 Ch 36:1, = יוֹאָחָז v 2:4 (appar. = יוֹחָנָן 1 Ch 3:15). יְהוֹאָחָז king of Isr., son of Jehu 2 K 10:35; 13:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 25(×2); 14:8, 17 2 Ch 25:17, 25 = יוֹאָחָז 2 K 14:1. יְהוֹאָחָז king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah 2 Ch 21:17; 25:23 = אֲחַזְיָהוּ (אֲחַזְיָה) 2, q.v. יוֹאָחָז father of יוֹאָח Josiah’s chronicler 2 Ch 34:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְהוֹאָחָז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3059/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.13.22/)

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וַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם לָחַ֖ץ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י יְהוֹאָחָֽז׃

*Word for word:* and Hazael the.king of.Aram he.had.oppressed (et) Israel all the.days of.Jehoahaz

*JPS 1917:* And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

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[2 Kings 14:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.17/)

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וַיְחִ֨י אֲמַצְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־יוֹאָשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה אַֽחֲרֵ֣י מ֔וֹת יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בֶּן־יְהֽוֹאָחָ֖ז מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל חֲמֵ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.lived Amaziah the.son of.Joash the.king of.Judah after the.death of.Jehoash the.son of.Jehoahaz the.king of.Israel fif- teen year\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

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