Original: יְהֹושָׁפָט

Transliteration: Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ

Phonetic: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'

Short Definition: Jehoshaphat

Original: יהושׁפט

Transliteration: yehôshâphâṭ

Phonetic: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'

BDB Definition:

Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged"

1. son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of Judah (noun proper masculine)
2. son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel (noun proper masculine)
3. son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon (noun proper masculine)
4. son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon (noun proper masculine)
5. a priest and trumpeter in the time of David (noun proper masculine)
6. symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives through which the Kidron flowed (noun proper locative)

Origin: from H3068 and H8199

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H1933, H1942, H1943, H1944, H1953, H1962, H3050, H3058, H3059, H3060, H3068, H3069, H3075, H3076, H3077, H3078, H3079, H3080, H3081, H3082, H3083, H3085, H3086, H3087, H3088, H3089, H3090, H3091, H3097, H3098, H3099, H3100, H3101, H3107, H3108, H3110, H3111, H3112, H3113, H3114, H3115, H3116, H3122, H3129, H3133, H3134, H3135, H3136, H3137, H3141, H3146, H3147, H3442, H3659