Jozadak
יוֹצָדָקStrong’s H3136yotsadaq (yo-tsa-daq)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yotsadaq is the Aramaic word usually translated “jozadak”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.14
- A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.14
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18
How it's translated
- jozadak 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 4
- Nehemiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
- Ezra 5:2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
- Ezra 10:18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Nehemiah 12:26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Aramaic dictionary
יוֹצָדָק yotsadaq · Jozadak
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.14; son of: Seraiah (H8304H); brother of: Ezra (H5830); father of: Joshua (H3091J); also called Jozadak at Ezr.3.2,8; 5.2; 1x Another name of ye.ho.tsa.daq (יְהוֹצָדָק "Jehozadak" H3087) § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
יוֹצָדָק yotsadaq · Jozadak
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.14; son of: Seraiah (H8304H); brother of: Ezra (H5830); father of: Joshua (H3091J); also called Jozadak at Ezr.3.2,8; 5.2; 1x Aramaic of ye.ho.tsa.daq (יְהוֹצָדָק "Jehozadak" H3087) § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (in Aramaic writings)
יוֹצָדָק yotsadaq · Jozadak
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18; father of: Jeshua (H3442) § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (in Aramaic writings)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.