יוֹאָשׁ
Yôwʼâsh · yo-awsh'
Joash, the name of six Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or יֹאָשׁ; (2 Chronicles 24:1), a form of H3060 (יְהוֹאָשׁ);
Joash, the name of six Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Joash.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 fasten and establish › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹאָשׁ 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of joash21 · 45%
- and joash9 · 19%
- joash5 · 11%
- and to joash2 · 4%
- that pertained unto joash1 · 2%
- unto joash1 · 2%
- did joash1 · 2%
- according to all things as joash1 · 2%
- then joash1 · 2%
- this, that joash1 · 2%
- thus joash1 · 2%
- against joash1 · 2%
- to joash1 · 2%
- so joash1 · 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.