יֵהוּא
Yêhûwʼ · yay-hoo'
Jehu, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1931 (הוּא); Jehovah (is) He;
Jehu, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehu.
Letters
- 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)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֵהוּא 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jehu17 · 29%
- jehu10 · 17%
- of jehu10 · 17%
- so jehu3 · 5%
- but jehu3 · 5%
- that jehu2 · 3%
- unto jehu2 · 3%
- came to jehu1 · 2%
- shall jehu1 · 2%
- there jehu1 · 2%
- then jehu1 · 2%
- and when jehu1 · 2%
- and as jehu1 · 2%
- to jehu1 · 2%
- thus jehu1 · 2%
- against jehu1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, that, when jehu1 · 2%
- him to jehu1 · 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.