יְהוֹאָשׁ
Yᵉhôwʼâsh · yeh-ho-awsh'
Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and (perhaps) H784 (אֵשׁ); Jehovah-fired;
Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehoash. Compare H3101 (יוֹאָשׁ).
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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹאָשׁ 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jehoash7 · 41%
- jehoash3 · 18%
- of jehoash3 · 18%
- was jehoash1 · 6%
- began jehoash1 · 6%
- to jehoash1 · 6%
- therefore jehoash1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
- 2 Kings17
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.