Jahaz
יַ֫הַץהStrong’s H3096yahats (ya-hats)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yahats is the Hebrew word usually translated “jahaz”, “jahaz towards” and “at jahaz”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.”
Meaning
- § Jahaz or Jahazah or Jahzah = "trodden down"
How it's translated
- jahaz 5
- jahaz towards 2
- and jahaz 1
- at jahaz 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
- Joshua 13:18And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
- Joshua 21:36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
- Judges 11:20But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
- Isaiah 15:4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
Hebrew dictionary
יַ֫הַץה yahats · Jahaz
§ Jahaz or Jahazah or Jahzah = "trodden down" a place in Reuben east of the Dead Sea where Israel defeated Sihon king of the Amorites; site uncertain
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.