Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H3092
יְהוֹשָׁפָט
Yehoshaphatyeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
Jehoshaphat
84 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3092is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3092
Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
The King James renders it: Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146 (יוֹשָׁפָט).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Yehoshaphat is rendered "Jehoshaphat". It stands 84 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Forty-one of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 8:16Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
2 Samuel 8:16וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty-one of the word's eighty-four uses are in 2 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Jehoshaphat67
- and Jehoshaphat11
- to Jehoshaphat4
- of Jehoshaphat2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדִי | Yehudi | Jew | Uses75 |
| יְהוּדָאִי | Yehudai | Jew | Uses10 |
| יְהוּדִית | Yehudith | Judahite | Uses6 |
The words it stands beside
All 84, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט10
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט9
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט8
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔ט7
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙5
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט5
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט5
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט4
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט3
- וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט3
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט3
- יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃3
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)67HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)11HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)6HR/Npm
2 Samuel
two uses
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
1 Kings
twenty-five uses
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
However, in the third year, Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
- וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- וְיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
- וִיהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙vihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
- לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טlihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Jehoshaphat
2 Kings
twelve uses
So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
- לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טlihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Jehoshaphat
And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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,
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
1 Chronicles
two uses
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles
forty-one uses
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.
- לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑טlihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jehoshaphat
And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָֽט׃yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
- לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛טlihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛טlihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jehoshaphat
Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am like you, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְה֣וֹשָׁפָ֔טyehooshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.
- וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
When Jehoshaphat king of Judah had returned safely to his home in Jerusalem,
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֨טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֜טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
- לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙lihoshafatpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
- וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣טvihoshafatconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jehoshaphat
Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָט֙yehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; these were all sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah,
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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.
- יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Joel
two uses
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
- יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֑טyehoshafatproper noun (a name)tagged: Jehoshaphat
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
