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Lexicon :: Strong's G2498 - iōsaphat

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Ἰωσαφάτ
Transliteration
iōsaphat (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-o-saf-at'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
90x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ἰωσαφάτ Iōsaphát, ee-o-saf-at'; of Hebrew origin (H3092); Josaphat (i.e. Jehoshaphat), an Israelite:—Josaphat.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2498 in the following manner: Josaphat (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2498 in the following manner: Josaphat (2x).
  1. Jehoshaphat = "whom Jehovah judges"

    1. the king of Judah, son of Asa

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰωσαφάτ Iōsaphát, ee-o-saf-at'; of Hebrew origin (H3092); Josaphat (i.e. Jehoshaphat), an Israelite:—Josaphat.
STRONGS G2498:
Ἰωσαφάτ, , indeclinable (יְהושָׁפָט i. e. Jehovah judges), Jehoshaphat, king of Judah from [circa] B. C. 914 to 889 (1 Kings 22:41ff; 2 Chronicles 17-20): Matthew 1:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
22:41
2 Chronicles
17; 18; 19; 20
Matthew
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2498 matches the Greek Ἰωσαφάτ (iōsaphat),
which occurs 90 times in 77 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (2Sa 8:16–2Ch 18:17)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - and Adoram was over the forced labor, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 -

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were scribes;

Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:17 -

Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 -

Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:2 - Now it happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:5 -

Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire [fn]first for the word of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 -

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29 -

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:30 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your garments.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - Now it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel,” and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 -

Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:44 - Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 -

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 -

Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:1 -

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:12 - And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of Yahweh is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha said, “As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:16 -

Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:2 - “And you will come there and look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi. And you will come in and [fn]bid him arise from among his brothers. And you will cause him to come in to an inner room.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:14 -

So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram [fn]with all Israel was [fn]guarding Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - And Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had set apart as holy, and his own holy things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and of the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 -

Now Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:43 -

Hanan the son of Maacah

and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:1 -

Jehoshaphat his son then became king in his place, and strengthened himself over Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - And Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the ways of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:5 - So Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 -

Now the dread of Yahweh was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Indeed, some of the Philistines brought presents and silver as their tax burden to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 -

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:3 - And Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And he said to him, “I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 -

Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire [fn]first for the word of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 -

So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”


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