H2977 - יֹאשִׁיָּה (Yôʼshîyâh)

H2977 יֹאשִׁיָּה (Yôʼshîyâh) yo-shee-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Josiah

Biblical Persons & Places

a_wife_of_Josiah Woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A woman from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, implied at 1Ch.3.15; only referred to as a_wife_of_Josiah (.); wife of Josiah; mother of:Shallum.

Josiah King living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A king of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.13.2; referred to as Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ), or Josiah (KJV= Josias) (Ἰωσίας); a son of Amon and Jedidah; husband of Hamutal and Zebidah; father of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah and Shallum.

Josiah Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Zec.6.10; referred to as Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ), or Hen (חֵן); a son of Zephaniah.

Strong's Definition

Joshijah, the name of two Israelites

Derivation: or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ; from the same root as H803 (אֲשׁוּיָה) and H3050 (יָהּ); founded of Jah;

KJV Usage: Josiah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2502

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.13.2; son of: Amon (H0526H) and Jedidah (H3040); married to Hamutal (H2537) and Zebidah (H2080); father of: Jehoahaz (H3059H), Jehoiakim (H3079), Zedekiah (H6667H) and Shallum (H7967J) Also named: Iōsias (Ἰωσίας "Josiah" G2502) § Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals" 1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led 2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ / יֹאשִׁיָּה yôshý̂yâh / yôshý̂yâhû BDB Definition: Josiah = whom Jehovah heals 1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led 2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same root as H803 and H3050 Total KJV Occurrences: 53

Bible Occurrences (48)

13:2

21:24 21:26 22:1 22:3 23:16 23:19 23:23 23:24 23:28 23:29 23:30 23:34

3:14 3:15

33:25 34:1 34:33 35:1 35:7 35:16 35:18 35:19 35:20 35:22 35:23 35:24 35:25 35:26 36:1

1:2 1:3 3:6 22:11 22:18 25:1 25:3 26:1 27:1 35:1 36:1 36:2 36:9 37:1 45:1 46:2

1:1

6:10

1 Kings 13:2

And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says:... A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.

2 Kings 21:24

But the people of the land killed all [those] who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king...... in his place.

2 Kings 21:26

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 22:1

Josiah was eight years old... when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one... years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

2 Kings 22:3

Now in the eighteenth... year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,

2 Kings 23:16

And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

2 Kings 23:19

Just as Josiah......... had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria [he] removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.

2 Kings 23:23

But... in the eighteenth... year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.