Word Study · Strong's H3058 · Hebrew
יֵהוּא
Yehu
yay-hoo'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yêhûwʼ
“Jehu, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jehu, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Jehu.
- 58occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 58 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- יֵהוּא֙9
- יֵה֛וּא8
- יֵה֣וּא6
- יֵה֖וּא5
- יֵה֔וּא4
- יֵה֗וּא4
- וְיֵה֗וּא3
- וְיֵה֖וּא3
- יֵה֨וּא3
- וְיֵה֞וּא2
- וְיֵהוּא֙2
- יֵה֑וּא2
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Jehu46
- and Jehu10
- O Jehu1
- of Jehu1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)47
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)10
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 47
- HC/Npm · 10
- HR/Npm · 1
All 58, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings41 of 58 · 71%
- 1 Kings6 of 58 · 10%
- 2 Chronicles6 of 58 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles4 of 58 · 7%
- Hosea1 of 58 · 2%
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1 Kings6 occurrences
- 1 Kings 16:1יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:here: Jehu
- 1 Kings 16:7יֵה֨וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.here: Jehu
- 1 Kings 16:12יֵה֥וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.here: Jehu
- 1 Kings 19:16יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.here: Jehu
- 1 Kings 19:17יֵה֑וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.here: Jehu
- 1 Kings 19:17יֵה֖וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.here: Jehu
2 Kings41 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:2יֵה֨וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:5יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:11וְיֵה֗וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:13יֵהֽוּא׃yehu'proper noun (a name)Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:14יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:15יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:16יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:17יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:18יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:19יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:20יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:21יֵה֔וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)“Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:22יֵה֔וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:22יֵה֑וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”here: O Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:24וְיֵה֞וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:27יֵה֗וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:30יֵה֖וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 9:31וְיֵה֖וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?”here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:1יֵה֨וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:5יֵה֤וּא׀yehu'proper noun (a name)So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:11יֵה֗וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:13וְיֵה֗וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:18יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:18יֵה֖וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:19וְיֵהוּא֙veyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:20יֵה֗וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:21יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:23יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:24וְיֵה֞וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:25יֵ֠הוּאyehu'proper noun (a name)When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:28יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:29יֵה֖וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:30יֵה֗וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:31וְיֵה֗וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.here: and Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:34יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Jehu, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:35יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)And Jehu rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz reigned in his place.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 10:36יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 12:1לְיֵהוּא֙leyehu'preposition + proper noun (a name)In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.here: of Jehu
- 2 Kings 13:1יֵה֤וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 14:8יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.here: Jehu
- 2 Kings 15:12יֵהוּא֙yehu'proper noun (a name)So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”here: Jehu
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:38יֵה֔וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,here: Jehu
- 1 Chronicles 2:38וְיֵה֖וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,here: and Jehu
- 1 Chronicles 4:35וְיֵהוּא֙veyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),here: and Jehu
- 1 Chronicles 12:3וְיֵה֖וּאveyehu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ahiezer their chief and Joash, who were the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;here: and Jehu
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 19:2יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.here: Jehu
- 2 Chronicles 20:34יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.here: Jehu
- 2 Chronicles 22:7יֵה֣וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.here: Jehu
- 2 Chronicles 22:8יֵה֖וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.here: Jehu
- 2 Chronicles 22:9יֵהוּא֮yehu'proper noun (a name)Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.here: Jehu
- 2 Chronicles 25:17יֵה֛וּאyehu'proper noun (a name)Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.here: Jehu