יְהוֹשָׁפָט
Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ · yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H8199 (שָׁפַט); Jehovah-judged;
Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
- Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites
- also, of a valley near Jerusalem
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146 (יוֹשָׁפָט).
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)
- 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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to surround and contain
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹשָׁפָט 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
84 occurrences · 84 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jehoshaphat28 · 33%
- of jehoshaphat16 · 19%
- jehoshaphat13 · 15%
- unto jehoshaphat8 · 10%
- but jehoshaphat4 · 5%
- to jehoshaphat3 · 4%
- against jehoshaphat3 · 4%
- that jehoshaphat2 · 2%
- now jehoshaphat2 · 2%
- against him: and jehoshaphat1 · 1%
- was with jehoshaphat1 · 1%
- did jehoshaphat1 · 1%
- and when jehoshaphat1 · 1%
- this did jehoshaphat1 · 1%
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.