Word Study · Strong's H3077 · Hebrew
יְהוֹיָדָע
Yehoyada
yeh-ho-yaw-daw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ
“Jehojada, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Jehoiada. Compare H3111 (יוֹיָדָע).
- 51occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 51 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע7
- יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע6
- יְהוֹיָדָ֛ע5
- יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע5
- יְהוֹיָדָ֑ע4
- יְהוֹיָדָ֜ע3
- יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע3
- יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע3
- יְהוֹיָדָ֤ע3
- יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע2
- יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע2
- וִיהוֹיָדָ֖ע1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Jehoiada46
- and Jehoiada3
- to Jehoiada2
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)46
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 46
- HC/Npm · 3
- HR/Npm · 2
All 51, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles20 of 51 · 39%
- 1 Kings12 of 51 · 24%
- 2 Kings8 of 51 · 16%
- 1 Chronicles6 of 51 · 12%
- 2 Samuel4 of 51 · 8%
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2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:18יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Samuel 20:23יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;here: Jehoiada
- 2 Samuel 23:20יְהוֹיָדָ֧עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Samuel 23:22יְהוֹיָדָ֑עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.here: Jehoiada
1 Kings12 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:8יְהוֹיָדָ֜עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 1:26יְהוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)But me your servant he did not invite, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 1:32יְהוֹיָדָ֑עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 1:36יְהֽוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 1:38יְהוֹיָדָ֗עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 1:44יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 2:25יְהוֹיָדָ֑עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 2:29יְהוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 2:34יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 2:35יְהוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 2:46יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Kings 4:4יְהוֹיָדָ֖עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;here: Jehoiada
2 Kings8 occurrences
- 2 Kings 11:4יְהוֹיָדָ֜עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s sonhere: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 11:9יְהוֹיָדָ֣עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 11:9יְהוֹיָדָ֥עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 11:15יְהוֹיָדָ֨עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”here: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 11:17יְהוֹיָדָ֜עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 12:2יְהוֹיָדָ֖עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 12:7לִיהוֹיָדָ֤עlihoyada'preposition + proper noun (a name)So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”here: to Jehoiada
- 2 Kings 12:9יְהוֹיָדָ֤עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.here: Jehoiada
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:22יְהוֹיָדָ֧עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Chronicles 11:24יְהוֹיָדָ֑עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name alongside the three mighty men.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Chronicles 12:27וִיהוֹיָדָ֖עvihoyada'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)including Jehoiada, leader of the house of Aaron, with 3,700 men,here: and Jehoiada
- 1 Chronicles 18:17יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Chronicles 27:5יְהוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.here: Jehoiada
- 1 Chronicles 27:34יְהוֹיָדָ֤עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah, then by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king’s army.here: Jehoiada
2 Chronicles20 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 22:11יְהוֹיָדָ֨עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:1יְהוֹיָדָ֗עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:8יְהוֹיָדָ֣עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:8יְהוֹיָדָ֥עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:9יְהוֹיָדָ֨עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:11יְהוֹיָדָ֣עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:14יְהוֹיָדָ֨עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:16יְהוֹיָדָע֙yehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 23:18יְהוֹיָדָ֨עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:2יְהוֹיָדָ֥עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:3יְהוֹיָדָ֖עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:6לִֽיהוֹיָדָ֣עlihoyada'preposition + proper noun (a name)So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”here: to Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:12וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗עvihoyada'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.here: and Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:14וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜עvihoyada'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.here: and Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:14יְהוֹיָדָֽע׃ פyehoyada'proper noun (a name)When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:15יְהוֹיָדָ֛עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:17יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:20יְהוֹיָדָ֣עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:22יְהוֹיָדָ֤עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”here: Jehoiada
- 2 Chronicles 24:25יְהוֹיָדָ֣עyehoyada'proper noun (a name)And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.here: Jehoiada