יְהוֹאָחָז
Yᵉhôwʼâchâz · yeh-ho-aw-khawz'
Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H270 (אָחַז); Jehovah-seized;
Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehoahaz. Compare H3099 (יוֹאָחָז).
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader that works to separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹאָחָז 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jehoahaz10 · 50%
- jehoahaz5 · 25%
- and jehoahaz3 · 15%
- to jehoahaz1 · 5%
- him, save jehoahaz1 · 5%
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.