Jehoiada
יְהוֹיָדָעStrong’s H3077yehoyada (ye-ho-ya-da)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yehoyada is the Hebrew word usually translated “jehoiada”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.”
Meaning
- Father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior
- Leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron
- High priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah
- Second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
- Father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior
- Leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron
- High priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah
- Father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior
- Leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron
- High priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah
- Second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
- Father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior
- Leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron
- High priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah
- Second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
How it's translated
- jehoiada 48
- and jehoiada 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 18
- 1 Kings 12
- 2 Kings 7
- 1 Chronicles 6
- 2 Samuel 4
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 20:23Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
- 2 Samuel 23:20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
- 2 Samuel 23:22These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
- 1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 1:26But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
- 1 Kings 1:32And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
All 48 verses, by book
- Jeremiah 1
- 29:26
Hebrew dictionary
יְהוֹיָדָע yehoyada · Jehoiada
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; father of: Benaiah (H1141) § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah 4) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
יְהוֹיָדָע yehoyada · Jehoiada
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.11.4; married to Jehosheba (H3089); father of: Zechariah (H2148w); also called Barachiah (KJV: Barachias; NIV: Berekiah) at Mat.23.35; Also named: Barachias (Βαραχίας "Barachiah" G0914) § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah …
יְהוֹיָדָע yehoyada · Jehoiada
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.34; son of: Benaiah (H1141K) § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah 4) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
יְהוֹיָדָע yehoyada · Jehoiada
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.29.26 § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah 4) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.