Hebrew word · H3107
יוֹזָבָד
yozavad
Jozabad
Appears 11 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man of the Ammonites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.22;
son of: Shimeath (H8100); also called Zabad at 2Ch.24.26;
Another name of yo.za.khar (יוֹזָכָר "Jozacar" H3108)
§ Jozabad or Josabad = "Jehovah has endowed"
1) a Korhite Levite, 2nd son of Obededom, and one of the porters of the temple and of the storehouse there in the time of David
2) one of David's mighty warriors
3) another of David's mighty warriors
4) four other priests or Levites
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
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2 Kings 12:21 וְיוֹזָבָ֣ד and Jozabad
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
Here: The first named assassin. The name in the standard Hebrew text, Yozakhar, means 'the LORD has remembered'; the variant Yozabad means 'the LORD has given'. Placed first in the sentence, the names answer the question raised by verse 20: who did it?
1 Chronicles · 3
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1 Chronicles 12:4 וְיוֹזָבָ֖ד and Jozabad
Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
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1 Chronicles 12:20 וְיוֹזָבָ֤ד וְיוֹזָבָ֔ד and Jozabad
When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
2 Chronicles · 2
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2 Chronicles 31:13 וְיוֹזָבָד֙ and Jozabad
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
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2 Chronicles 35:9 וְיוֹזָבָ֖ד and Jozabad
Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.
Ezra · 3
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Ezra 8:33 יוֹזָבָ֧ד Jozabad
On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
Here: "The LORD has endowed". A Levite. A Jozabad later appears among those who explained the Law to the people (Neh 8:7) and as one in charge of "the outside work of the house of God" (Neh 11:16), possibly the same man.
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Ezra 10:22 יוֹזָבָ֖ד Jozabad
From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Here: 'Yah has bestowed.' He is a different man from the Levite Jozabad named in the next verse (10:23). That one belongs to the Levites, while this Jozabad is a priest of the Pashhur clan.
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Ezra 10:23 יוֹזָבָ֣ד Jozabad
Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Nehemiah · 2
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Nehemiah 8:7 יוֹזָבָ֨ד Jozabad
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
Here: 'YHWH has given'. Levites of this name check the temple treasure in Ezra 8:33 and oversee temple work in Neh 11:16.
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Nehemiah 11:16 וְיוֹזָבָ֜ד and Jozabad
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
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