Lexical Summary Yehoachaz: "Yah has grasped", the name of several Israelites Original Word: יְהוֹאָחָזTransliteration: Yehoachaz Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-aw-khawz') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Yah has grasped", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Jehoahaz -- "Yah has grasped", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Jehoahaz From Yhovah and 'achaz; Jehovah-seized; Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites -- Jehoahaz. Compare Yow'achaz. see HEBREW Yhovah see HEBREW 'achaz see HEBREW Yow'achaz Brown-Driver-Briggs H3059. Yehoachaz יְוֺאָחָז יְהוֺאָחָז, proper name, masculine (׳י hath grasped; ᵐ5 Ἰωαχας, & Ἰωαχαζ; compare also אֲהַזְיָהוּ, & cuneiform Ia-u-—a-zi for Ahaz, see אָחָז, and compare further JägerBAS i. 467 f.) — 1 יְהוֺאָהָז king of Judah, son of Josiah 2 Kings 23:30-31, 34; 2 Chronicles 36:1, = יוֺאָהָז 36:2; 36:4 (apparently = יוֺהָנָן 1 Chronicles 3:15). 2 יְהוֺאָחָז king of Israel, son of Jehu 2 Kings 10:35; 13:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 25 (twice in verse); 14:8; 14:17; 2 Chronicles 25:17, 25 = יוֺאָחָז 2 Kings 14:1. 3 יְהוֺאָחָז king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah 2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:23 = אֲחַזְיָהוּ (אֲחַזְיָה) 2, q. v. 4 יוֺאָחָז father of יוֺאָח Josiah's chronicler 2 Chronicles 34:8. |
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