יֹאשִׁיָּה
Yôʼshîyâh · yo-shee-yaw'
Joshijah, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ; from the same root as H803 (אֲשׁוּיָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); founded of Jah;
Joshijah, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Josiah.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֹאשִׁיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
53 occurrences · 53 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of josiah27 · 51%
- josiah11 · 21%
- and josiah4 · 8%
- for josiah2 · 4%
- made josiah1 · 2%
- and as josiah1 · 2%
- did josiah1 · 2%
- in the room of josiah1 · 2%
- moreover josiah1 · 2%
- as josiah1 · 2%
- all this, when josiah1 · 2%
- nevertheless josiah1 · 2%
- instead of josiah1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.