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title: יְהוֹיָדָע — Jehoiada. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹיָדָע (3077), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 51 times: Jehoiada. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹיָדָע

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«יְהוֹיָדָע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoiada. 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:** 51 times · **Key:** 3077 · **BDB:** יְהוֹיָדָע

### Glosses

of.Jehoiada (26); Jehoiada (25)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoiada. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3077/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3077/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ knoweth; cf. יְדַעְיָה, אֶלְיָדָע \& reff., בְּעֶלְיָדָע)— יְהוֹ׳; 𝔊 usually Ἰωδαε, A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε (2 S 23:30 +), 𝔊L Ἰωαδ (2 S 20:23 Ἰωαδδαι), father of Benaiah (David’s time), in combin. בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹ׳ 2 S 8:18; 20:23; 23:20, 22 1 K 1:8, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 34, 35, 46; 4:4; 1 Ch 1, 24; 18:17; 27:5; יְהוֹיָדָע בֶּן־בְּנָיָהוּ 1 Ch 27:34 is prob. erron. inversion of the usual order; יְהוֹ׳ alone only 1 Ch 12:28 (where called הַנָּגִיד לְאַחֲרֹן). יְהוֹ׳, 𝔊 usually Ἰωδαε A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε etc., (chief) priest at Jerus. in time of Joash 2 K 11:4, 9(×2), 15, 17; 12:3, 8, 10; 2 Ch 22:11; 23:1, 8(×2), 9, 11, 14, 16, 18; 24:2, 3, 6, 12, 14(×2), 15, 17, 20, 22, 25 Je 29:26. יוֹיָדָע a builder at wall of Jerus., with Nehemiah, Ne 3:6 (𝔊 Ἰοειαα, Ἰοειδα, Ἰωδαε, etc.) יוֹ׳ son of h. p. Eliashib Ne 12:10, 11, 22; 13:28 (𝔊 Ἰωδα, Ἰωδαε, Ἰωιαδα).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 46 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 «יְהוֹיָדָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3077/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.4/)

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וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א וְצָד֥וֹק וְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר כֹּהֲנִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada \[was\].over the army and Zadok and Abiathar \[were\].priests

*JPS 1917:* and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

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[2 Chronicles 24:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.3/)

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וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע נָשִׁ֣ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וַיּ֖וֹלֶד בָּנִ֥ים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.took for him Jehoiada wives two and he.fathered sons and daughters

*JPS 1917:* And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.

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