H3099 - יוֹאָחָז (Yôwʼâchâz)

H3099 יוֹאָחָז (Yôwʼâchâz) yo-aw-khawz'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Joahaz

Biblical Persons & Places

Joahaz Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.34.8; only referred to as Joahaz (יוֹאָחָז); father of Joah.

Strong's Definition

Joachaz, the name of two Israelites

Derivation: a form of H3059 (יְהוֹאָחָז);

KJV Usage: Jehoahaz, Joahaz.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Joahaz or Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has grasped"

1) the father of Joah, Josiah's chronicler

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.34.8; father of: Joah (H3098J) § Joahaz or Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has grasped" the father of Joah, Josiah's chronicler

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יוֹאָחָז yôâchâz BDB Definition: Joahaz or Jehoahaz = Jehovah has grasped 1) the father of Joah, Josiahs chronicler Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a form of H3059 Total KJV Occurrences: 1

Bible Occurrences (4)

14:1

34:8 36:2 36:4

2 Kings 14:1

In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king... of Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:8

Now in the eighteenth... year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 36:2

Jehoahaz was twenty-three... years old... when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

2 Chronicles 36:4

Then Neco king of Egypt {made} Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.