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title: יְהוֹאָשׁ — Jehoash. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹאָשׁ (3060), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: Jehoash. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹאָשׁ

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«יְהוֹאָשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoash. 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 3060 · **BDB:** יְהוֹאָשׁ

### Glosses

Jehoash (14); of.Jehoash (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoash. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3060/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3060/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωας (י׳ is strong, cf. אישׁ; or hath bestowed, cf. Arabic آسَ bestow; Ph. יאש n.pr.f.; Sab. אלאוס Hal 150, אוסאל Hal 144, יאוסאל Hal 192, cf. DHMZMG 1883, 15);— יְהו׳ king of Judah, son of Ahaziah (Jehoahaz 3) 2 K 12:1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 19; 14:13, = יוֹאָשׁ 2 K 11:2; 12:20, 21; 13:1, 10; 14:1, 3, 17, 23; 1 Ch 3:11; 2 Ch 22:11; 24:2, 4, 22, 24; 25:23, 25; = יֹאָשׁ 2 Ch 24:1. יְהוֹ׳ king of Israel, son of Jehoahaz 2, 2 K 13:10, 25; 14:8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 = יוֹאָשׁ 2 K 13:9, 12, 13(×2), 14, 25; 14:1, 23, 27 2 Ch 25:17, 18, 21, 23, 25 Ho 1:1 Am 1:1. יו׳ father of Gideon (Jerubbaal) Ju 6:11, 29, 30, 31; 7:14; 8:13, 29, 32, 32. יו׳ a prince of Ahab’s house, called בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ 1 K 22:26 = 2 Ch 18:25. יו׳ one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 12:3 (𝔊 Ἰωα, Ἰωας, A Ἰωρας). יוֹאָשׁ a Judaite prince 1 Ch 4:22 (𝔊 Ἰωαδα, Ἰωας).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 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 «יְהוֹאָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3060/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 12:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.1/)

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בֶּן־שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בְּמָלְכֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.seven years Jehoash when he became.king

*JPS 1917:* Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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[2 Kings 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.3/)

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וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כָּל־יָמָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.did Jehoash the right in the.eyes of.Yahweh all days his which he instructed.him Jehoiada the priest

*JPS 1917:* And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

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