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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, ὁ, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:16 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - Adoram was in charge of revenue; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:17 - Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:2 - Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:5 - Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29 - So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:30 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:32 - So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel!” Therefore they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:44 - Also Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:51

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 reigned two years over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:18

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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:1

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - Then he went and sent to Jehoshaphat 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:12 - And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - And Elisha said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:16 - Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:2 - “Now when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:14 - So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had been defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 - Solomon’s son was Rehoboam; Abijah[fn] was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:43 - Hanan the son of Maachah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:15 - Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:1 - Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:5 - Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:10 - And the fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver as tribute; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat became increasingly powerful, and he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in their robes, sat each on his throne; and they sat at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

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