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title: יְהוֹשָׁפָט — Jehoshaphat. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְהוֹשָׁפָט (3092), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 82 times: Jehoshaphat. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְהוֹשָׁפָט

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«יְהוֹשָׁפָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoshaphat. 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:** 82 times · **Key:** 3092 · **BDB:** יְהוֹשָׁפָט

### Glosses

Jehoshaphat (69); of.Jehoshaphat (12); \[was\].Jehoshaphat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jehoshaphat. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3092/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3092/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωσαφαω, Ἰωσαφατ (י׳ hath judged, cf. אֱלִישָׁפָט, שְׁפַטְיָהוּ \& reff.)— יְהוֹ׳ (so all except 5. \& 6) king of Judah, son of Asa 1 K 15:24; 22:2 + 21 times 1 K; 2 K 1:17; 3:1, 7, 11, 12(×2), 14; 8:16(×2), 12:19; 1 Ch 3:10; 2 Ch 17:1 + 40 times 2 Ch. father of Jehu king of Israel 2 K 9:2, 14. chronicler under David \& Solomon, son of Ahilud 2 S 8:16; 1 K 4:3; 1 Ch 18:15; also 2 S 20:24 (𝔊L Σαφαν). one of Sol.’s 12 officers who provided victuals for the royal household 1 K 4:17 (𝔊L Ἰωασαφατ). יוֹ׳ one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 11:43. יוֹ׳ a priest \& trumpeter in David’s time 1 Ch 15:24. in n.pr.loc. עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט Jo 4:2, 12, symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgment.

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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 «יְהוֹשָׁפָט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3092/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.17/)

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יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־פָּר֖וּחַ בְּיִשָׂשכָֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* Jehoshaphat the.son of.Paruah in Issachar

*JPS 1917:* Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

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[1 Kings 22:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.45/)

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וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ם יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט עִם־מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.made.peace Jehoshaphat with the.king of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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