Hebrew word · H3099

יוֹאָחָז

yo'achaz

Jehoahaz

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.30;

son of: Josiah (H2977) and Hamutal (H2537);

brother of: Zedekiah (H6667H);

half-brother of: Jehoiakim (H3079) and Shallum (H7967J); also called Johanan at 1Ch.3.15(?);

Another spelling of ye.ho.a.chaz (יְהוֹאָחָז "Jehoahaz" H3059H)

§ Joahaz or Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has grasped"

the father of Joah, Josiah's chronicler

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 14:1 יוֹאָחָ֖ז Jehoahaz

    In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

2 Chronicles · 3

  1. 2 Chronicles 34:8 יֽוֹאָחָז֙ Joahaz

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

  2. 2 Chronicles 36:2 יוֹאָחָ֣ז Jehoahaz

    Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

  3. 2 Chronicles 36:4 יוֹאָחָ֤ז Jehoahaz

    Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

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